Cathy Lesurf (born 1953) is a British

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...

singer-songwriter who was brought up in

Stevenage Stevenage ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage w ...

, Hertfordshire. She has been a member of bands in the 1970s such as Oyster Ceilidh Band,

Fiddler's Dram Fiddler's Dram were a British folk band of the late 1970s, most widely known for their 1979 hit single, " Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)", which reached no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Band members The full-time members of Fi ...

, and

The Albion Band The Albion Band, also known as The Albion Country Band, The Albion Dance Band, and The Albion Christmas Band, is a British folk rock band, originally brought together and led by musician Ashley Hutchings. An important grouping in the genre, ...

. She released a solo album, ''Surface'', in 1985, the same year that she appeared as a guest vocalist on the

Fairport Convention Fairport Convention are an English British folk rock, folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Marti ...

album '' Gladys' Leap''. She created and ran the World in 1 County festival from 2002 to 2007. In November 2009, she released the solo single "This Christmas", which was written by her husband, David Wilson.

Discography

;Solo singles *"This Christmas" (2009) ;Solo albums *''Surface'' (1985) ;With Fairport Convention *'' Gladys' Leap'' (1985) ;With The Albion Band *''Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival'' (1998) (tracks 7 – 11, recorded 1987) *''Live in Concert'' (1993) (tracks 8 – 11, recorded 1982) *''The Wild Side Of Town'' (1987) *''Stella Maris'' (1987) *''A Christmas Present from the Albion Band'' (1985) *''Under the Rose'' (1984) *''Light Shining'' (1983) ;With Oyster Band *''English Rock 'n' Roll The Early Years 1800–1850'' (1982) ;With Oyster Ceilidh Band *''

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'' (1980) ;With Fiddler's Dram *''Fiddler's Dram'' (1980) *'' To See the Play'' (1978) ;With Wolfscote *''Turn the Glass'' (2015)

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* Living people People from Stevenage English folk singers British folk rock musicians Musicians from Hertfordshire The Albion Band members Oysterband members 1953 births {{UK-singer-stub