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Kate Rusby - Xmas Show 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS, one & all!!
Kate Rusby & Co. 
Leeds Town Hall
West Yorkshire, UK 
Dec. 9, 2011

audience recording (sound quality VG+)
previously uncirculated

Set 1 [53:52]
1. intro
2. Here We Come A-Wassailing
3. chat, intros to Brass Boys & carol 
4. Joy to the World
5. chat about south Yorkshire carols
6. First Tree In the Greenwood
7. baby announcement & carol intro
8. Shepherds Arise
9. Brass Boys leave stage, chat & band intros
10. Home
11. carol intro
12. The Seven Good Joys of Mary
13. welcome back Brass Boys, carol intro
14. The Wren
15. chat & carol intro
16. While Shepherds Watched (Cranbrook Version)                   
Kate Rusby & friends
                                                                                                Christmas concert 2011
                                                                                                                           (fab photos by Elizabeth Harkin)
Set 2 [65:45]
1. intro chat
2. Kris Kringle
3. chat & carol intro
4. The Holly & the Ivy 
5. chat
6. Hark Hark, What News
7. handover to Brass Boys & tune intros
8. Ricky Rhodes to Ruin - Mr. Buns (medley)
9. chat & carol Intro
10. The Holmfirth Anthem (aka Pratty Flowers)
11. chat & carol intro
12. Diadem
13. chat & challenge
14. Walk the Road
15. chat & thanks 
16. O Little Town of Bethlehem
ENCORE
17. chat & song intro
18. Underneath the Stars
19. chat, carol & Kate intro
20. Sweet Bells

MASSIVE THANKS to kayjaybee for sharing
and to BigDee for the mastering

MP3@320

Musicians:
Kate Rusby
Ed Boyd
Julian Sutton
Duncan Lyle
Damien O'Kane
Brass Boys (Rich, Mike, Matt & Tim)
    
Kate's holiday album The Frost Is All Over is available HERE.
Learn more about the music of Kate Rusby 
                    

4 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for this. Kate isn't well known in the U.S., and hasn't toured here in a very long time (if ever), so I've never had the pleasure of seeing her live. This is a real treat.

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  2. Very nice! She been fairly prolific with Christmas music and does it so well.

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    1. Indeed; such a gem. I hope more will discover her voice & music.

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