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Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening

Brilliant musician Kathryn Tickell plays music from her new band project, The Darkening.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Mark is joined by brilliant Northumbrian pipe and fiddle player, composer, bandleader and broadcaster, Kathryn Tickell.

Kathryn and accordionist Amy Thatcher perform music from new big-band project, The Darkening. Their new album, Hollowbone, features thrilling new twists on the Northumbrian tradition, taking inspiration from Hadrian鈥檚 Wall for a long view on modern barriers and empires.

Raised in Northumberland, Kathryn Tickell came from a musical family and retains a close connection to the area's musical community. Since releasing her debut album, On Kielder Side, as a teenager in 1984, she鈥檚 become an ambassador for the musical heritage of North East England, collaborating with countless musicians from inside and outside the folk world, including The Cheiftains, The Penguin Caf茅 Orchestra, Jimmy Nail, Boys of the Lough and Sting.

Kathryn has an OBE and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland. On the radio, she hosts Music Planet on 91热爆 Radio 3.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Mar 2019 21:00
91热爆 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Rab Noakes

    Let The Show Begin

    • Welcome To Anniversaryville.
    • Neon.

  • Shirley Collins

    The Cuckoo

    • Sweet England.
    • Argo.

  • Luluc

    Spring

    • Sculptor.
    • Sub Pop.

  • O'Hooley & Tidow

    Gentleman Jack

    • The Fragile.
    • No-Masters.

  • Kathryn Tickell ft. Amy Thatche

    Tune For Mina (Radio 2 Session, 20 March 2019)

  • John Renbourn

    So Early In The Spring

    • So Early in the Spring.
    • Castle Music.

  • Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

    Two Lovely Black Eyes

    • Stick in the Wheel present From Here: English Folk Field Recordings - Volume 2.
    • From Here Records.

  • Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening

    O-U-T Spells Out

    • Hollowbone.
    • Resilient Records.

  • Kathryn Tickell ft. Amy Thatcher

    Stonehaugh (Radio 2 Session, 20 March 2019)

  • The Breath

    Boat Song

    • Only Stories.
    • Real World Records.

  • Nathan Abshire

    Fee-Fee Poncho

    • Swallow Louisiana Cajun Special Volume 2.

  • Faustus

    Wrongs and Rights

    • Cotton Lords - Five Songs of the Lancashire Cotton Famin EP.
    • Westpark Music.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Mar 2019 21:00
    91热爆 Radio 2