Maddy Prior, June Tabor, Planxty, Andy Irvine, Steeleye Span, Waterson Carthy, The Young Tradition, Cecil Sharp, loads of Australian, English and American archival stuff, old-timey, bluegrass, 60s American folk, country, jazz, dubb n triphop, funk, swing, ... where does one begin? To be continued...
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"I can think of no better ambassadors
for Australia than these two talented
young singers and musicians. I know
they will charm their audiences
wherever they go..."
Andy Irvine
"Kate & Ruth have something that is
rare in the professional music world:
a totally unaffected and easy manner
combined with a great deal of vocal
and instrumental skill. I love them."
James Keelaghan
"It has been a real joy to see, hear, and work with the talents of Ruth Hazleton and Kate Burke as they embrace the Australian tradition in their repertoire of both old and new
songs and music. Their love and infectious enthusiasm for their music is obvious in their professional approach and performance. Unmissable."
Martyn Wyndham-Read
NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!! We have released our fourth album, "Summer's Lonesome Tale", and it is available through our website at www.kateandruth.com . Featuring guest musicians Andy Irvine, Bruce Molsky, Liz Frencham, Craig Woodward, Adrian Barker and Ben Stephenson.
"A ripper of a CD, full of good folk songs delightfully performed" - Graham McDonald, The Canberra Times
Kate & Ruth have spent the last nine years playing together at festivals around Australia and overseas, and their trademark interpretations of folk songs have won them great acclaim and popularity. Along the way they’ve collected awards, fans and a banjo, and have been described by The Australian as “Why folk music is cool again”. They have just completed their third tour of the UK and have released their fourth album, “Summer’s Lonesome Tale”.
Awards so far have included the ScreenSound Australia Award for Best Folk Album 2003 and the Canberra Critics Circle Award for best-selling album at the National Folk Festival in 2001, and last year they were nominated for Best Live Act by Folk Alliance Australia members. After their first ever festival appearance at the 1998 National Folk Festival, the duo received the Lis Johnston Award for Vocal Excellence.
Their albums have been enthusiastically received internationally, and the duo were named as one of the 10 best-selling artists for 2002 through Japans major folk music distributor, Tambourine Records. Kate & Ruth have recently been involved in Martyn Wyndham-Read’s Songlinks project, performing and recording alongside top folk artists from the UK and Australia, including Martin Carthy and the Copper Family. They have toured Ireland twice and recorded with legendary Irish singer Andy Irvine, and have performed with the likes of James Keelaghan and Kristina Olsen. They have also recorded tracks with Andy Irvine and Bruce Molsky of Mozaik for their latest album, "Summer's Lonesome Tale".
KATE BURKE
Kate Burke has been singing and performing as a multi-instrumentalist for
many years, and has won much acclaim as a member of Trouble in the Kitchen. Kate has recorded with many artists including Judy Small and David Ross McDonald (The Waifs),and has appeared as a soloist at the Sydney Opera House for a season of Bush Babies’ Proms. Kate loves Irish tunes and has been seen in sessions playing concertina, fiddle, button accordian, guitar and bouzouki. She is also an acclaimed songwriter, and her Song for Reconciliation was nominated for a Music Oz Award in 2003.
RUTH HAZLETON
Ruth Hazleton has been performing in numerous touring acts for over a decade. She has dabbled in a variety of musical genres including Appalachian old-timey, klezmer, Hungarian and Anglo-Celtic roots music. She has worked as singer, guitarist and clawhammer banjo player with numerous bands including Closet Klezmer, the Horse’s Leotard and Dev’lish Mary. Alongside studying Australian folklore, Ruth has recently been working as a collector of childrens’ folklore. Ruth is a strong and agile vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, and has spent many years chasing good music and good musical company.
Hey……… Thanks for being our friend over the years…... We're about to release in a few weeks our new 5th CD….”SIGNS” Have a preview listen and a look at our new myspace face lift for the promo for it..... The Streamliners sending you some good vibes for 2009.
Oooooh! Great tunes here, ladies. Enjoyed your clawhammer banjo (one of my fav instruments and styles) and voices a lot! In fact I'm crazy about both... Ciao
Un placer encontraros aqui y disfrutar de vuestro magnifico trabajo. Un fuerte abrazo desde Extremadura, España, de vuestros amigos de Aulaga Folk. Juan Carlos
So glad to have met you in Austin, Ruth! Thank you for all your kindness while you were passing through, hope you, Bill and Pete have a great gig at the Bluebird! It's a good place, and people go there to listen closely to the music! I'm sure you will blow them away.
You're a good lookin' bastard, ya know that? Stay cool!
Heya! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at Wadebridge! We'll teach you a Cornish cabm pemp at Dalla's late night gig if you're up frit! Cheers, Carmen xx
Hi Girls, Richard here, will leave paradise to go to Wintermoon next year 2009, but it won't be the same if you're not there. Your music still graces the slopes of Mt Batukaru in Bali. Love it-love it.
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