BBC Radio 4 — Front Row
Kathryn’s on BBC Radio 4’s arts programme Front Row, Tuesday 8 November at 19:15. Tune in! (the programme will also be available on BBC iPlayer).
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New album alert! + Magnetic North East launch night
“Water of Tyne” by Kathryn Tickell & Friends is to be released on 28th October. Kathryn’s proud and pleased to have been involved in producing a beautiful selection of songs and tunes for this album, an initiative by Magnetic North East. Plans for the launch night for Magnetic North East continue apace. Guests (so far) at Sage Gateshead on 4th November: Kingsmen Sword Dancers, Superfolkus, Paul Smith (of Maximo Park), Alistair Anderson, The Baghdaddies, Bonnie Shaw, Charlie Hardwick and the world premiere of Song Of The Tyne, a new song written by award-winning author David Almond. Tickets are available here (special price for family tickets too).
The Side UK October Tour & BBC Radio 3
Book soon! Some venues sold out, some getting very full. You can also tune in to Kathryn presenting World on 3, live at 23:00 on BBC Radio 3, September 23.
BBC Radio 4 – Playing the Skyline
In the first of this new series Kathryn Tickell and Hannabiell Sanders turn the skyline of Newcastle into music. The idea behind this fascinating series sprang not from music manuscripts, but maps. On old nautical charts as well as the bird’s eye view there is often a coastal profile. This is the outline of the land seen from the point of view of a sailor approaching it. The radio producer Julian May was struck by the musicality of these, the undulations of hills look melodic, the spacing of landmarks – trees, church spires, cranes – rhythmic. Could, he wondered, musicians take the line dividing sky from land, place it on manuscript paper or hear it in their minds, then play the skyline? Kathryn and Hannabiell’s new piece is given its world premiere broadcast in Playing the Skyline on Monday 8 August at 9am. The programme is repeated at 9.30pm and is then available on BBC iPlayer.
World on 3 – Live from WOMAD
Kathryn, Lopa Kothari and Mary Ann Kennedy introduce a series of broadcasts on location at WOMAD, the leading festival of world music. Check the BBC Radio 3 website for details of the broadcasts, going out live on 29, 30 and 31 July.
BBC World on 3
Kathryn’s presenting this live programme again for BBC Radio 3. Listen on Friday 8th July, from 23:00. Available on iPlayer after broadcast too.
BBC Radio 3 — World on 3
On June 24th at 23:00 Kathryn’s presenting World on 3, on BBC Radio 3, with a live session by The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians. Listen out for future episodes of this programme!
BBC Radio 3 — World on 3
Kathryn presents World on 3 on Friday 20th May 23:00 from Glasgow. A live session from Isle of Skye band Niteworks and a superb playlist – don’t miss! Available on iPlayer following broadcast.
Superfolkus debut at Kings Place, London, 29 april
The debut concert from this fabulous young bunch of musicians – fronted by Kathryn – is at Kings Place, London, on Friday 29 April. Recruited to form the 2016 line up for Superfolkus, these performers have been in rehearsal for several months and are ready to be unleashed! You can read more about these incredibly talented young artists and the ideas behind the ever-evolving Superfolkus here. Kathryn’s just presented the Young Folk Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Playing folk and traditional music she said, “is about solidarity, mutual support, having fun, learning things, making music, making friends, making connections… never lose that excitement and that involvement with the music – it’s such a great thing.”
BBC Radio 4 — Notes from a Musical Island
Kathryn’s on BBC Radio 4 on 5th March at 10:30, in the first episode of Laura Barton’s Notes from a Musical Island. Adrian McNally of the Unthanks, Sunderland band Frankie & the Heartstrings, and Peter Brewis of Field Music feature too in this fascinating programme exploring the music and landscape of Northumberland and the coastal city of Sunderland on Tyne and Wear. The programme is available online and as a podcast.