Sleepless is an album by the English folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 1999. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize the same year.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that Rusby "often creates ... ambience at the cost of blurring her melodies and stories; her vowels frequently flood the music until the consonants and rhythms are submerged in a tide of poignancy."

Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)

Track listing

"The Cobbler's Daughter" (Kate Rusby/Traditional) "I Wonder What is keeping my True Love This Night" (Traditional) "The Fairest of all Yarrow" (Kate Rusby/Traditional) "The Unquiet Grave" (Kate Rusby/Traditional) "Sho Heen" (Kate Rusby) "Sweet Bride" (Kate Rusby) "All God's Angels" (Kate Rusby) "The Wild Goose" (Traditional) "The Duke and the Tinker" (Kate Rusby/Traditional) "Our Town" (Iris DeMent) "The Sleepless Sailor" (Kate Rusby) "Cowsong" "Botany Bay" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)

Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)

Personnel

Kate Rusby - vocals, piano, guitar

Dave Burland - vocals

Ian Carr - guitar

Andy Cutting - diatonic accordion

Donald Hay - percussion

Conrad Ivitsky - double bass

John McCusker - fiddle, banjo

Michael McGoldrick - whistle, flute

Francis Macdonald - percussion

Tim O'Brien - vocals, mandolin

Darrell Scott - guitar

Andy Seward - double bass

Roger Wilson - vocals, guitar

References

Kate Rusby albums

1999 albums

Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)