Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)
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Sleepless is an album by English
folk
musician Kate Rusby
, released in 1999
. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize
the same year.
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...
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 in 1999
1999 in music
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. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize
Mercury Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established by the British Phonographic Industry and British...
the same year.
Track listing
- "The Cobbler's Daughter"
- "I Wonder What is keeping my True Love This Night"
- "The Fairest of all Yarrow"
- "The Unquiet GraveThe Unquiet Grave"The Unquiet Grave" is an English folk song in which a young man mourns his dead love too hard and prevents her from obtaining peace. It is thought to date from 1400 and was collected in 1868 by Francis James Child, as Child Ballad number 78....
" - "Sho Heen"
- "Sweet Bride"
- "All God's Angels"
- "The Wild Goose"
- "The Duke and the Tinker"
- "Our Town" (Iris DeMentIris DeMentIris DeMent is an American singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style encompasses the genres country and folk music.-Early life:...
) - "The Sleepless Sailor"