Cathy Lesurf

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1953}}

| origin = Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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| genre = Folk

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| associated_acts = Oyster Ceilidh Band, Fiddler's Dram, Fairport Convention, The Albion Band

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Cathy Lesurf (born 1953) is a British folk music singer-songwriter who was brought up in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. She has been a member of bands in the 1970s such as Oyster Ceilidh Band, Fiddler's Dram, and The Albion Band.{{cite news|url=http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED12%20Nov%202009%2015%3A11%3A50%3A303|title=Stevenage singer tipped for number one slot|work=The Comet|date=12 November 2009|accessdate=8 January 2010}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.toadinthehole.org.uk/www/albion%20band/history.htm|title=A Brief Albion Band History|publisher=toadinthehole.org.uk|accessdate=8 January 2010|archive-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003190015/http://www.toadinthehole.org.uk/www/albion%20band/history.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/page/0,,1074166,00.html|title=What becomes of the one-hit wonders?|publisher=guardian.co.uk|accessdate=8 January 2010}} She released a solo album, Surface, in 1985, the same year that she appeared as a guest vocalist on the Fairport Convention album Gladys' Leap.{{cite web|url=http://www.musikfolk.co.uk/aliveandshouting/solo-cathylesurf-surface.htm|title=CATHY LESURF (LP) – Surface|publisher=musicfolk|accessdate=8 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719172737/http://www.musikfolk.co.uk/aliveandshouting/solo-cathylesurf-surface.htm|archivedate=19 July 2011}} She created and ran the World in 1 County festival from 2002 to 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2005/06/10/entertainment_arts_2005_06_world_in_one_county_preview_event_feature.shtml|title=Event previews: World in 1 County|publisher=BBC Online|date=10 June 2005|accessdate=8 January 2010|archive-date=17 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017014405/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2005/06/10/entertainment_arts_2005_06_world_in_one_county_preview_event_feature.shtml|url-status=dead}} In November 2009, she released the solo single "This Christmas", which was written by her husband, David Wilson.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8350000/8350500.stm| title=Cathy's X-Factor Xmas challenge |publisher=BBC News Online|date=11 November 2009|accessdate=8 January 2010}}