My writing cannot do justice to this work of art... sparse, translucent, bold and beautiful -- it's all there. A completely stunning CD with wonderful voices, melodies, and arrangements. Ms. Rusby has given us a very special gift.

Kate and Genie are my two favorite singers.

Genie and Kate are way better than that junk they play on the radio.

Both Genie and Kate seem to pick great songs every time.

The sleepless Sailor is my fave on this one.

I picked up all of Kate's CD's and also the Genie 4 CD set.

I couldn't be happier.

I have a strong preference for singers who can actually SING. And then there are the ones like Kate Rusby. Oh my heavens, her voice is absolutely enchanting. My only complaint is that her Yorkshire accent is so strong that there are many words I simply can't parse, and the CD insert has no lyrics! Help! I want to know what this amazing voice is singing!!

I first heard Kate's voice on an awards program on BBC television and was totally captivated by it. This in itself is surprising because I think of myself as someone who loves much harder rock music, As an experiment I bought 10 and Underneath The Stars because I wanted to hear more and now, after listening to them I'm totally hooked.

Kate's vocal quality is enchanting and her Yorkshire accent reminds me of home, my father is a yorkshireman, and her music tugs at my heart-strings in more ways than one.

The acoustic quality of Kate's albums is superb. Guitars and plaintive Irish whistles complement perfectly the haunting quality of the vocals and the albums make for truly great listening.

Even though I consider myself an old rocker I love Kate's work and would recommend it to anyone.

It doesn't feel like Kate Rusby has been around for ten years, does it? But that's what the title of this compilation refers to - her first decade as a recording artist, first in trad band the Poozies, next in a short-lived duo with Kathryn Roberts and then, finally as a solo act. Yes, she's really been around on the folk scene for a decade!

"10" begins with Rusby's favourite song of all time - "The Recruited Collier", delivered in a broader Yorkshire accent than usual, possibly out of respect for a fairly colloquial lyric. It is one of many songs she has specially re-recorded for this CD.

Indeed almost all of it is either non-LP material (Her own, self-penned "Cowsong" was only previously available as a single), re-recordings (most of the record), or live takes (a particularly great "Drowned Lovers"). Only four tracks of the fifteen are taken directly from a Kate Rusby album, and they've all been remastered.

So if you're a Rusby admirer it's not an album you can afford to miss.

If you are yet to be bowled over by Rusby's fuss-free, unpretentious but starkly beautiful versions of English and Irish traditional folk ballads, this is probably the place to start your collection.

Aside from being a fine interpreter of acoustic folk songs, Rusby is also building up a nice collection of self-penned gems. "Over You Now" is possibly the most achingly gorgeous song she's yet written, and "Cowsong" is very droll, with a clever arrangement that makes it sound like an early-eighties British indie band.

Added to all this, "I Wonder What Is Keeping My True Love This Night" is probably the best, most heartless break-up song ever written ("I only said I loved you for to give your heart ease/And when I'm not with you I'll love whom I please") and is delivered swooningly by Kate here.

It's almost all melancholy stuff, but it's kind of bitter-sweet. It's sad, sure, but beautifully so. If all sadness was like this, people would throw away their anti-depressants in favour of a guitar and the Cecil Sharp songbook.