RURA (band)

This article is about the Scottish band. For the town in Uttar Pradesh, India, see Rura.

RURA
Genres	Scottish folk music, Celtic music
Years active	2010-present
Labels	Greentrax Recordings
Members	Jack Smedley Steven Blake Adam Brown David Foley
Past members	Adam Holmes Chris Waite
Website	www.rura.co.uk

RURA (sometimes styled as Rura) are a Scottish folk band composed of Jack Smedley, Steven Blake, Adam Brown, and David Foley. The band gained prominence at the Celtic Connections festival starting in 2010. ^[1] RURA were Danny Kyle Open Stage winners in 2011 at the Celtic Connections festival, ^[2] and won both "Up and Coming Artist of the Year" in 2011 ^[3] and "Live Act of the Year" in 2015 ^[4] at the Scots Trad Music Awards.

Band members

• Jack Smedley – fiddle
• Steven Blake – pipes, whistle, piano
• Adam Brown – guitar
• David Foley – bodhrán, flute

Discography

Albums

• Break It Up (2012)
• Despite the Dark (2015)
• In Praise of Home (2018)
• Live at the Old Fruitmarket (2020)
• Dusk Moon (2023)

EPs

• Our Voices Echo (2022)

References

1. Jobson, Jonny (2 May 2018). "Rura ready and raring to go with return to their roots". The National . Retrieved 12 September 2021.
2. "New Album from Scottish Group Rura". The Journal of Music . 27 February 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
3. "MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2011". Hands Up for Trad . 23 February 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
4. "TRIUMPH FOR TRAD TALENT IN DUNDEE WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS 2015". Hands Up for Trad . 6 December 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

External links

• Official website