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John McCusker

Scottish folk musician
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John McCusker
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
May 15, 1973
Place of birth
Bellshill
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
composer, record producer, fiddler, musician
Educated at
Holy Cross High School[8]
Genre
folk rock, blues[10][11]
Official website
www.johnmccusker.co.uk[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
McCusker[12]
Given name
John[13]
Instrument
violin, fiddle, mandolin[15][16][17]
Member of
Battlefield Band
🏷️ Also known as
en John McCusker ja ジョン・マカスカー ko 존 매커스커 zh 約翰·麥卡斯克爾
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
000000005551822X
VIAF cluster ID
36519385
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no97016836
GND ID
134961374
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000004013
BBC Things ID
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Deezer artist ID
263222
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134961374
Discogs artist ID
356592
Europeana entity
agent/base/75704
Freebase ID
/m/01vdb76
HAND ID
5212-3314-5F89-EC7A-68B0
Show all 29 identifiers +17
IMDb ID
nm1481818
Kinobox person ID
1357969
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
3106
MusicBrainz artist ID
4c362224-adc5-4aa6-9fa6-5d5716284ce0
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000075609
NL CR AUT ID
xx0140698
Obálky knih ID
xx0140698
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100143785
Rate Your Music artist ID
john-mccusker
SBN author ID
DDSV313017
SNARC ID
Spiraea japonica
SecondHandSongs artist ID
78531
Songkick artist ID
265605
TMDB person ID
3074543
Tidal artist ID
3580564
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpJ9CqjXX7PTMd4k3myBP
Yale LUX ID
person/31403766-4f3a-46ee-99c3-e3e13716447e

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🔗 Connections
Instrument 3
violin, mandolin, fiddle
Genre 2
blues, folk rock
Mb:performer of 2
Heartlands, Under One Sky
Occupation 2
composer, record producer
← Mb:married 2
Kate Rusby, Heidi Talbot
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:member of band 1
Battlefield Band
Member of 1
Battlefield Band
Place of birth 1
Bellshill
SNARC ID 1
Spiraea japonica
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John McCusker was born on May 15, 1973[1], in Bellshill[2]. He has worked as a composer[3], record producer[4], fiddler[5], and musician[6].

FAQs

Where was John McCusker born?

John McCusker was born in Bellshill[2].

What did John McCusker do for work?

John McCusker worked as a composer[3], record producer[4], fiddler[5], and musician[6].

Where did John McCusker go to school?

John McCusker was educated at Holy Cross High School[8].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 263222
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 3580564
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
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