Friday 15 September Union Chapel, London
London’s Festival of Korean Music opens with this unique concert — a collaboration between the sublime Black String quartet and Kathryn. Unmissable!
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New Show: Tales & Tunes
The poetic power of music and language combine in “Tales & Tunes” by Kathryn and the writer David Almond. They’re writing, composing and rehearsing over the next couple of months, together with accordionist Amy Thatcher and director Max Roberts of Live Theatre. It’s all very exciting — and Arts Council England awarded funding towards its development, which makes a big difference. If you enjoyed “Northumbrian Voices” this is the show for you! See live dates for tour details.
Holy Island Festival – Sunday 16 July
One of the most magical settings for a festival must be Lindisfarne and this year’s Holy Island Festival is headlined by Kathryn & Superfolkus. A special guest at this concert is 12 year old Abbey Tilley, winner of two trophies for her dialect singing at the recent 2017 Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering, and who has also been getting singing advice from a certain Mike Tickell! The festival programme is carefully timed to allow for the high tide which covers the causeway to the mainland twice a day. If there is any slight fluctuation in tide times, fear not! – the band will simply play faster.
Kathryn at Hexham Gathering 2017
A new generation of musical talent is proudly presented by Kathryn at three village halls in Northumberland. (And of course she’ll be playing some tunes too!). Stocksfield Community Centre, 25 May: Grace Smith (fiddle, clog dancing), Jordan Aikin (whistle) & Alasdair Paul (guitar), Elizabeth Quigley (harp), Abi Rees (accordion), Abbey Tilley (North East songs). Allendale Village Hall, 26 May: Cream Tees, Michael Biggins (accordion), Scott Turnbull (guitar), Lexie Wilson (harp), Wingrove Singers. Wark Town Hall and Mechanics Institute, 28 May: Michael Biggins, Scott Turnbull, Wingrove Singers, and Lexie Wilson. All concerts start at 7.30pm and tickets (£10/£6) are available from Queen’s Hall Hexham.
Newcastle Poetry Festival
On Wednesday 10 May Kathryn performs with Scotland’s National Poet, Jackie Kay, as part of an evening of poetry and music. This will be the premiere of their first collaboration and is based on poems from Jackie’s new collection, Bantam (Picador, 2017). Bantam is a collection of work about Kay’s three generations of family in a book that crosses many different borders. More details of the evening’s programme at Sage Gateshead can be found here.
Uproot Festival 6 — 8 April
Celebrating Hull 2017 UK City of Culture, BBC Radio 3 takes up residence at Hull Truck Theatre for Uproot, a three-day festival of ground-breaking music which celebrates Hull UK City of Culture 2017, including live concerts and special Radio 3 broadcasts exploring the rich musical heritage of the city and its international cultural links. Four live concerts will be presented by Kathryn, who will also perform on a special Uproot edition of Radio 3’s In Tune programme.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
At the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at the Royal Albert Hall on 5th April, Kathryn will be chatting backstage to the nominees for the Young Folk Award 2017 and introducing their performances. An exciting night is in store! Find out more about the awards, the nominees and ticket availability on the Radio 2 website. In other radio news, Kathryn’s presenting BBC Radio 3’s World on 3 in the coming weeks, more details on the Radio 3 website.
Honorary Master of Music at Durham University
Kathryn will be made an Honorary Master of Music at Durham University’s Winter Congregation ceremony on 12th January. It’s a huge honour for Kathryn to be recognised for her creativity and for her support of music and arts in the region.
Happy festive season! live World on 3 from Newcastle — 2017 touring
Wishing you happy music-filled holidays, wherever you may be! Tune in to BBC Radio 3 on December 30th at 23:00 GMT for World on 3 live from the Bridge Hotel, Newcastle. Kathryn will be presenting the programme and will be bringing her pipes and fiddle! She will be joined by the fabulous Monster Ceilidh Band and The Young ‘Uns, as well as the lucky winners of our recent mailing list subscribers’ competition. See Live Dates for concert in March (with Amy Thatcher) and May (with The Side). Please note some venues may not have tickets on sale quite yet and the concert may not be listed on the venues’ websites.
2017 live dates to be announced soon
Watch this space!