Album: Sweet Bells by Kate Rusby (2008)
Genre: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Sweet Bells" is the first Christmas album by English contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on December 15, 2008 on Pure Records.
The album was re-released on November 9, 2009 featuring new cover artwork by Marie Mills.Sweet Bells, the carol featured on the album, is a carol peculiar to Yorkshire, based on the carol While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night but with an alternative tune and extra lyrics.

Artist Background: Kate Anna Rusby (born 4 December 1973) is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of 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. In 2001 The Guardian described her as "a superstar of the British acoustic scene." In 2007 the BBC website described her as "The first lady of young folkies". She is one of the few folk... Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Folk, 2000s, Album


"Sweet Bells" is the first Christmas album by English contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on December 15, 2008 on Pure Records.
The album was re-released on November 9, 2009 featuring new cover artwork by Marie Mills.Sweet Bells, the carol featured on the album, is a carol peculiar to Yorkshire, based on the carol While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night but with an alternative tune and extra lyrics.

Sweet Bells

Kate Rusby

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