Sky Arts and BBC1… and Happy Christmas!

December 23 Sky Arts 1 | 8am + 11.15am + 10pm (UK) | “Kathryn Tickell’s Northumbria”

Another chance to see this beautifully filmed documentary about Kathryn, the landscape’s influence on her music and how she is passing on folk skills to younger generations.

December 29 BBC 1 | 10.50pm (UK) | “Sting’s Winter Songbook”

Kathryn, with Julian and Peter of the Kathryn Tickell Band, can also be spotted in this programme. In conversation with Alan Yentob, Sting and an eclectic mix of folk, rock and classical musicians, work on folk songs, carols and ballads, both in the studio in Italy and at Durham Cathedral. Sting also revisits haunts of his youth in Newcastle and meets up with the formative members of his early bands. All good wishes for a peaceful Christmas and a very happy 2010!