BBC World Service – Music Life
A fascinating podcast, available now on the BBC World Service: Music Life where Kathryn chats to Laura Cannell, Amy Thatcher and Ruth Lyon in this exploration of their musical and personal identities.
News
Clogstravaganza video and single release
Delighted to announce the second single release from Cloud Horizons: ‘Clogstravaganza’! The album release date is 1st September, but you can enjoy ‘Clogstravaganza’ as well as the earlier single release ‘Long For Light’ right now if you pre-order the album from Kathryn’s Bandcamp page. The Clogstravaganza video is a treat. Filmed at The Fire Station Sunderland, with lighting by Andy Wright and camera work by the superb crew at Folkscape.live .
Album announcement!
With huge excitement we can reveal that Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening’s new album Cloud Horizons is to be released on September 1st. The new record can be pre-ordered now from Kathryn’s new Bandcamp page. All pre-orders will get the first single from the album for immediate download: “Long For Light”. The inimitable sound of Kathryn’s piping opens this enigmatic trip-hop influenced song and an ancient Northumbrian language is reimagined. Check out a gorgeous video here.
Folk Tunes From The Women – out now!
Folk Tunes From the Women, curated by Kathryn Tickell, is a bumper book of over 150 contemporary tunes from 100 female composers from Britain and Ireland, brought together all from different areas, traditions and backgrounds. The tunes are presented as melody lines with chord symbols, to make it the most useful book for teachers and players alike. Now available from Amazon and other retailers.
Fly-Fishing Adventure!
Kathryn features in an episode of Robson Green’s new series on ITV4. Kathryn teams up with Heather Ferrier (accordion, clogs) and Alastair Paul (guitar) for a few tunes. ‘Robson and Jim’s Fly-Fishing Adventure’ starts on April 5th at 21.00 GMT. The episode featuring the River Tyne with Kathryn and friends is on April 19th.
FOLK TUNES FROM THE WOMEN
Curated by Kathryn, an eagerly anticipated book of 150 contemporary tunes from 100 female composers from Britain and Ireland. To be released by Faber Music on 5 May, available for pre-order. More information here.
Concerts coming up!
Spring is in the air! Some fabulous venues lined up and tickets selling fast with limited availability for some (Pound Arts, 3 March SOLD OUT; Stamford, 5 May LAST FEW TICKETS). More live dates to be announced soon.
CD orders – International shipping
Apologies to anyone overseas expecting their CDs. The Royal Mail is currently unable to take items for international delivery due to a “cyber incident”. They’re not sure when this will be resolved. They’ve just introduced an option to process international parcels online and post them in a parcel post box, but there are still likely to be significant delays. Check this link for more information. https://www.royalmail.com/international-incident-bulletin
CD Orders
Orders received after Friday 16 December will be mailed out after Christmas. This is due to significant disruptions in the delivery network, namely bad weather and strikes.
Some orders placed and mailed out at the end of November are still in the Royal Mail system. Hoping everyone receives their orders very soon.