Holly Head by Kate Rusby
Are you a Holly Head?
Obsession can lead an individual down many different paths, but in 2019, it has drawn Kate to her fifth festive long-playing offering. It’s one of the warmest Christmas albums you’ll ever encounter. Winter is supposed to be the season of barrenness, of Jack Frost nipping at your nose and of needing your big coat. It may get dark at four o’clock but Holly Head will illuminate and kindle hearts and hearths.
Also listen out for the latest instalment of Big Brave Bill!
Tracklist
| 1. | Salute the Morn | 4:01 |
| 2. | Christmas is Merry | 4:35 |
| 3. | The Holly King | 4:53 |
| 4. | Hippo for Christmas | 3:32 |
| 5. | Yorkshire Three Ships | 3:53 |
| 6. | Lu Lay | 4:28 |
| 7. | While Shepherds Watched 6 | 3:55 |
| 8. | The Mistletoe Bough | 5:01 |
| 9. | Bleak Midwinter (Yorkshire) | 5:11 |
| 10. | Celestial Hearts | 3:54 |
| 11. | I Am Christmas | 5:19 |
| 12. | B.B.B.B | 3:52 |
Videos
Credits
Kate Rusby Vocals
Damien O’Kane Guitars, tenor guitars & electric guitars
Duncan Lyall Double bass & moog
Josh Clark Percussion & programming
Nick Cooke Diatonic accordion
Gary Wyatt Cornet
Rich Evans Flugelhorn
Sam Pearce French horn
Robin Taylor Euphonium
Mike Levis Tuba
Brass arrangements by Andrew Duncan
Produced by Damien O’Kane
Additional production by Kate Rusby
Engineered by Josh Clark & Damien O’Kane
Mixed by Josh Clark, getrealaudio.com
Recorded at Pure Records Studios, South Yorks
Mastered by Nick Cooke, nickcookemastering.com
Photography by David Lindsay, photosbydavid.co.uk
Crowns made by Zosia Berkieta-Lewis, theplantroom.co
Cover concept and design by Tom Pitts, handdrawnpixels.com
License
All rights reserved.
Forever proud to call herself a folk singer, Kate celebrates her own 50 yrs with her 'Established 1973' tours.
2022 marked 30 yrs as a professional musician with the album 30:Happy Returns
Hand Me Down (2020) was her highest-charting album.
Named in the Top 10 Folk Voices of the Century and a Mercury Prize in 1999
Yorkshire roots the carols in her Christmas tour.