Hourglass is the debut studio album by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 contermporary folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 musician Kate Rusby

Kate Rusby

Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times...

, released on March 1, 1997, on Pure Records.

Track listing

1. "Sir Eglamore" (trad/Rusby)
2. "As I Roved Out" (trad)
3. "Jolly Ploughboys" (trad)
4. "Annan Waters" (trad)
5. "Stananivy" (McCusker/Rusby) - "Jack and Jill" (Rusby/trad)
6. "A Rose in April" (Rusby)
7. "Radio Sweetheart" (Miller/McCusker)
8. "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" (O'Connor/Rusby)
9. "Old Man Time" (Rusby)
10. "Drowned Lovers" (trad)
11. "Bold Riley" (trad)

Production and Musicians

Produced by John McCusker

Engineered by Moray Munro

Recorded at Temple Record Studio, Midlothian, Scotland

Mastered by Andy Seward

Kate Rusby : vocals, piano, guitar (3, 6, 9)

Ian Carr : guitar (1, 5, 7, 10)

Andy Cutting : diatonic accordion

Donald Hay : percussion

Conrad Ivitsky : bouble bass

Alison Kinnaird : cello

John McCusker : fiddles

Michael McGoldrick : flute, whistles

Tony McManus : guitar (2, 8)

Alan Reid : harmony vocals (4)

Eric Rigler : uillean pipes

Davy Steele : harmony vocals (3, 11)

All tracks arranged by Kate Rusby and John McCusker

(Additional arrangement by Ian Carr on tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)