Mercury Prize nominee Kate Rusby is England’s most popular female folk singer, most played English female folk artist on BBC R2 and over the last 30 years has headlined numerous prestigious international festivals. Alongside her own compositions, she has a reputation for taking existing folk songs and reinterpreting them for today.  With true Yorkshire grit and determination, she’s worked tirelessly to change perceptions of folk, as recently acknowledged in the presentation of the English Folk Dance & Song Society Gold Badge