A folk-loving newsagent is hitting all the right notes in her quest for musical success.

Rosie Clegg, pictured, has produced a CD of her songs which she is selling at her newsagents shop in Harrogate Road, Rawdon.

The 1,000 copies are nearly sold out and she has now formed a band and appears at venues across Aireborough.

Mrs Clegg, 45, said she loved music and paid for the CD of cover versions Sweet is the Melody herself.

Her husband Steve said he was very proud of his wife but preferred to stay in the background.

He said: "We have been involved with folk music for about 30 years, which is how we met all the other members of the band. But I'm referred to as the roadie and I prefer to polish the instruments rather than appear with the band."

He praised his wife's singing ability.

"She doesn't write the songs herself - they are a mix of American, Irish and English folk songs - but she has a distinctive voice and the band is getting very popular."

Mrs Clegg said the revivalist country scene had become a big hit since the George Clooney film O Brother, Where Art Thou? came out last year.

The film features a soundtrack from an American band called the Soggy Bottom Boys which has the same revivalist country and folk music.

Father and son Neil and Kevin Garratt, of Horsforth, play guitar, Christine Metcalfe plays double bass and Mrs Clegg sings and also plays banjo and appelation dulcimer, which is played on the knee.

Mrs Clegg said: "The music is folk and a type called bluegrass which has basically become famous because of the film O Brother, Where Art Thou. There are a lot of younger people coming to the music because of the film. It is just a laugh and I think everyone in Rawdon must have a CD by now!"

Mrs Clegg, who is also an aerobics instructor, produced the CD after a recording studio in Beeston, Leeds.

"It's been very successful. The next step is to produce a CD with the band," she said.