RURA (band) explained

RURA
Genre:	Scottish folk music, Celtic music
Years Active:	2010-present
Label:	Greentrax Recordings
Current Members:	Jack Smedley Steven Blake Adam Brown David Foley
Past Members:	Adam Holmes

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. News: Jobson . Jonny . Rura ready and raring to go with return to their roots . 2018-05-02 . 2021-09-12 . . en.
2. Web site: New Album from Scottish Group Rura . 2012-02-27 . 2021-09-12 . . en.
3. Web site: 2015-02-23 . MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2011 . 2021-09-12 . . en-US.
4. Web site: 2015-12-06 . TRIUMPH FOR TRAD TALENT IN DUNDEE WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS 2015 . 2021-09-12 . Hands Up for Trad.