British Folk

Jul 13 20:57 UTC 2001

Folk music from Great Britain, not all of which is particularly Celtic;
this pigeonhole has largely disappeared in the US with the rise of the 
Celtic Music marketing concept but it still exists across the pond, and
it still exerts a powerful fascination on some of us.
 
We'll start with the news which was long expected but only recently
confirmed, at least to me:  Battlefield Band fiddler John McCusker
is indeed marrying English singer Kate Rusby.  McCusker is leaving 
the Battlefield Band; he's been in the group for about 10-12 years, 
since he was 16 or so.  One assumes that he and Kate will spend 
all their time touring together; he was with her on Kate's Ark
appearance.
 
Kate's new album LITTLE LIGHTS came out in June, and Mickey and I 
will crack open our copies and write reviews promptly.