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.
News
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.
BBC Radio 4 — Add to Playlist
Kathryn joins Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye for an episode of Add to Playlist, on Friday 4th November at 7.15pm, together with pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen. What better company for a dark November evening?
Concerts coming up
Some great venues await Kathryn & The Darkening. For ticket links see Live Dates.
“No one has evoked the landscape & traditions of Northumbria more affectingly than Kathryn Tickell.” ★★★★ … The Observer.
31 July — Festival Intercéltico do Morrazo
Kathryn takes her fabulous band The Darkening to this very special festival in Moaña, in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia.
Does This Resonate? In conversation with Laura Cannell
In a new podcast series, composer Laura Cannell and Kathryn talk about musical yearnings, the ritual of ‘piping in’ a new home, #metoo in folk music, the real nitty-gritty of being a musician, Hadrian’s Wall, and Kathryn’s favourite drones! Listen to ‘Does This Resonate?’ here.
Tune of the Month is back!
It must be spring! A trio of pipes and a happy tune: Kathryn plays with Marieke Van Ransbeeck and Andy May.
26 March — Dartington — tickets released
A handful of tickets have just been released for this concert in the Great Hall, Dartington. Be quick to snap them up!
BBC Radio 3 — Music Planet — live from Celtic Connections
Kathryn presents BBC Radio 3’s Music Planet, live from Celtic Connections in Glasgow, on Saturday 22nd January at 16.00. (Saturday 29th January she presents another programme from Glasgow Royal Concert Hall). On the airwaves again on Sunday 23rd January – this time on BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend at 13.00, talking about the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall.