Published by Faber Music, 2023
Practising every day for a month! February 2023.
“We missed out the bit!” rehearsing with Amy
Echolocation with Laura Cannell, 2023
Duo touring
Kathryn & Amy
Stef Conner, Kathryn, Amy Thatcher
Working from home
Kathryn & Amy
Research trip to Hadrian’s Wall
Went fishing with Robson Green!
Folk Tunes From the Women
Top set (not KT’s) made by Tom Clough & Fred Picknell, late 1920s ish. Blue set (KT’s) made by Mike Nelson.
Day 16 of Month of Practice! (Feb 2023)
Dartington Arts dressing room treats!
Folk On Foot podcast with dad Mike
Co-presenting with Dalia Essam Hammad at the Aga Khan Music Awards 2022
With The Lake Poets, opening new venue The Fire Station, Sunderland.
Presenting at the Aga Khan Music Awards – glam!
Tunes with Ruth Lyon
With BBC Radio 4 ‘Add to Playlist’ gang!
Adoration of a very fabulous sound engineer!
The Dam, by David Almond
With fiddle player Martin Hayes at the Masters of Tradition Festival, West Cork, 2022
Kieran notches it up a gear!
Tour flyer
Tour flyer May 2023
Kathryn Tickell & The Side
Kathryn Tickell & David Almond
Tales & Tunes rehearsing at Stapleford Granary
Luxe magazine, 2014
OBE received!
OBE award ceremony
Old pal…
Eek! 1986
Champion of Champions, piper Anthony Robb. Photo by Pam Horne.
BBC Proms 2011, Grainger night curated by Kathryn.
Photo for The Journal
Superfolkus at Sidmouth 2016
Perfect backstage rider at Alwinton!
A very young piper meets Kathryn at Norden Farm Arts
Pre-gig yoga, Tønder Festival, Denmark
With Sam Lee, on In Tune, BBC Radio 3
The Lads, without whom…
Singing, talking, clogging, piping, blethering, fiddling. Work in progress, Tales & Tunes at Sage Gateshead
Rehearsal notes, Tales & Tunes
Tales & Tunes, work in progress, Sage Gateshead
At the Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2017
The Monday Men – Christmas 2019
With Superfolkus at the Magnetic North East launch, Sage Gateshead, 2016
With Alistair Anderson at the Magnetic North East launch at Sage Gateshead, 2016.
What did Louisa do to deserve this?! Behind bars at Ushaw College, Durham
The Side with post-gig fizz
Autumn 2020 tour. Oh dear…
With Lopa Kothari at WOMAD 2017, for BBC Radio 3.
With Black String, K-Fest, Union Chapel London 2017. Photo by Serious.
Kathryn at Union Chapel 2017, photo by Serious
Kathryn and Yoon Jeong Heo at K-Fest, Union Chapel 2017. Photo by Serious
Standing Stones and the Dark Skies of Northumberland
Solo in Durham Cathedral – photo by North East Chamber of Commerce
Snowbusiness!
The Monday Men – Christmas 2018
Kathryn and Laura Cannell
In the Music Room at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne 2017
Eat your greens!
Hairy Pipers
The Darkening at The Sage 2019
Very small, at Scunthorpe Folksong Club
Big Foot spotted in Northumberland!
Bellingham Show 2019
Twelve
Tales & Tunes tour – autumn 2017
The Side with fabulous lights by Andy Wright
The Side at Wickham Festival 2017
The Side with Ian Stephenson – Wickham Festival
Scone-tastic!
Fabulous fiddling!
B+W fiddle solo
Louisa with the essentials!
The Darkening at Victoria Hall, Settle, 2019
The Darkening with Mike Lindup of Level 42 fame, backstage at Wickham Festival 2019
The “coolest” gig ever, The Darkening at Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield 2019
Honorary Doctor of Music, Newcastle University 2019
Honorary Doctor of Music – with proud parents!
Bagpuss
Contemplative Side
In the studio for BBC Radio 3 “In Tune”, 6 October 2014
The Side + Fosbrooks, Sidmouth August 2014
At Side-mouth Festival! August 2014
Lichfield Festival 2014
Pre-gig lashes
Bradley Creswick, Leader 1st violin, Royal Northern Sinfonia, recording with The Side
3/4 Snuggly Side April 2014
That’s a lot of notes #2
Kathryn’s “Local Heroes” plaque! March 2014
Kathryn’s Local Heroes” plaque! March 2014
That’s a lot of notes #1
Louisa and Amy in rehearsal, March 2014
Tyne Side
The Side – premiere at The Sage Gateshead June 2013
Cloggy Side
Kathryn & Ruth – Cambridge rehearsals Aug 2013
The Side – post show Loughborough
Amy, Kathryn & Ruth; The Side rehearsals August 2013
Kathryn and dad
Kathryn and lamb
At a gig somewhere…