WITH Christmas fast approaching many families await Barnsley Nightingale Kate Rusby’s Christmas tour to truly kick... Local ...

Kate will tour her Christmas Is Merry show to Sheffield City Hall on December 14. She has also released a new double CD featuring 17 live tracks captured from her magical Christmas performances, plus ...

Kate’s sparkling festive concerts are always a hot ticket – offering Yorkshire carols, Rusby-fied Christmas classic and her own beautifully, written songs. Her voice — angelic, tender, and timeless — ...

Festive albums are generally, of course, planted in the family friendly end of things – unless an artist really wants to make a statement – and Kate’s wintery discs stick firmly to the programme.

The celebration opens in appropriately upbeat style with Rusby – regarded by many as Britain's first lady of folk – and Ladysmith Black Mambazo on “We Will Sing”, which feels like a declaration of ...