All venues getting full so do book sooner rather than later. And if you’re there, please share! Comments much appreciated. The rather super Amy Thatcher (accordion, clog dancing), also of The Shee, joins the band for these dates.
Kathryn is special guest with the Penguin Cafe, Sunday 20th February, at Sage Gateshead. A memorable evening is promised with some of her favourite collaborators. ‘This is so much more to me than just a band.’ Kathryn interviewed in The Guardian, Sept 2010.
Concerts on 4th Feb at The Shed and 5th Feb at Settle Victoria Hall are both sold out. If you’re at either of these concerts please let us know what you think by posting a comment. Always good to know about audience reaction, the venue or just random musings on the tunes and songs! Tickets for the Sheffield Cathedral concert (10th March) have just gone on sale. The Cathedral has hosted a number of very successful concerts in recent months (and in case you’re wondering, there is a bar!) Some tickets are available from the Cathedral if you go along in person; tickets available online or via the box office — see Live Dates for details.
A few more concert dates will be added to the website soon. A newsletter to the mailing list will go out just prior to this, so to be the first to know, do sign up!
Hope to see you at a concert soon.
Performance dates for early 2011 have been added to the Live Dates section.
Some great comments from audiences at recent Kathryn Tickell Band gigs – thank you! There are a couple of the band’s backstage photos in the Gallery. Other news items…
Kathryn’s been recording with the Penguin Café Orchestra this month, for their next album.
She has been commissioned to compose a new piece for Folkworks’ ‘Fiddles on Fire’ festival concerts at Sage Gateshead and Kings Place London 27 April – 2 May 2011. Details to be confirmed.
Kathryn will also be performing at Bath International Music Festival in May, details to be confirmed.
Many thanks for the lovely comments on the recent few concerts (See ‘More News’ for these contributions). Early 2011 live dates will be on the site soon. These will be emailed to the mailing list subscribers first though, so… subscribe! Your email address and a little click to the right should do it! Be in touch soon.
The Kathryn Tickell Band play Worcester, Aberystwyth, South Petherton, Bristol, Nettlebed, Liverpool. Post a comment about the gig! All comments gratefully received by us here and direct to Kathryn’s WhyiPod (spelling?!). Hope you all have a great evening.
The Kathryn Tickell Band were at the University of York this evening. If you went, post a comment! Some great comments from a few concert-goers at the Manchester gig yesterday! (See ‘More News’ link below).
If you’ve been at the Band on the Wall in Manchester this evening please do post a comment. What did you think of the tunes, the anecdotes, emotional or comedy moments, personalities, the venue, the beer/cocktails, the band’s fashion sense?! Any Northumbrians in the house? It’s all good to know. Hope everyone enjoyed the concert.
Kathryn features in BBC Radio 3’s Words & Music, to be recorded at The Sage Gateshead on 5th November and broadcast on 7th November at 10.30pm.
The programme features music from Kathryn and the Elias String Quartet, together with poems and memoirs from various writers. Kathryn was asked to contribute to the programme and suggested the late Barry MacSweeney’s ‘Pearl’ poems. He and Kathryn had talked about setting these poems to music. Here, ‘Pearl in the Silver Morning’ is accompanied by Kathryn and the Elias String Quartet.
The recording at Sage Gateshead is part of BBC Radio 3’s ‘Free Thinking’ festival, a weekend of public debate, interviews and performance, 5 – 7 November. Tickets are free and can booked through Sage Gateshead. Visit The Sage website to book tickets or call The Sage Gateshead ticket office on 0191 443 4661.
Welcome everyone to a sparkling new web presence for Kathryn which we hope you will enjoy viewing, listening to and commenting upon. Mailing list liaison will be active in the next few days and we’re looking forward to being in touch. Kathryn’s on Twitter, much to her own surprise, so please do encourage her! Warm thanks to the web design and build people at Kiosk and Kleber — Kathryn joins clients such as Sade, Dido, Lily Allen, Sony Music… Kathryn’s Northumbrian smallpiping is entering the 21st century and beyond! Quite right too we say.