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?
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.
Kathryn takes her fabulous band The Darkening to this very special festival in Moaña, in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia.
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.
It must be spring! A trio of pipes and a happy tune: Kathryn plays with Marieke Van Ransbeeck and Andy May.
A handful of tickets have just been released for this concert in the Great Hall, Dartington. Be quick to snap them up!
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.
Another joyous podcast from the award-winning Folk on Foot team. Join Kathryn and her dad, Mike Tickell, interviewed by Matthew Bannister, as they stroll along the banks of the River Rede in Northumberland, conjuring up stories, songs and tunes. Listen at folkonfoot.com.
Kathryn presents Yorkshire Carolling from a pub near Sheffield, for BBC Radio 3’s Music Planet. Cheers and happy Christmas!
Let’s try again with a tour! See Live Dates for ticket links.