John McCusker

John McCusker was born in Bellshill, Scotland, and began fiddle at seven. At sixteen he turned down a place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama to tour with the Battlefield Band, staying for over a decade. He has since become a sought after producer and composer, produced Kate Rusby’s early records, won BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year in 2003 and played with Mark Knopfler and Paul Weller.