# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mccusker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:32:42.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mccusker"
name: "John McCusker"
slug: "john-mccusker"
description: "John McCusker is a Scottish folk musician, record producer, and composer. In the 1990s, McCusker was a member of the Battlefield Band. He worked as both a band member and producer for folk singer Kate Rusby. He has produced and arranged music for various artists and has released several solo albums."
tagline: "Scottish folk musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_McCusker_Toronto_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.499714666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1481818/"
    handle:    "nm1481818"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnmccusker.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/356592"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون مكوسكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCusker"
    title: "John McCusker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCusker"
    title: "John McCusker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・マカスカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCusker"
    title: "John McCusker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCusker"
    title: "John McCusker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4c362224-adc5-4aa6-9fa6-5d5716284ce0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6247603"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4062291"
    title: "John McCusker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump