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The internationally acclaimed icon of Northumbrian music joins forces with some of the UK’s most talented young musicians to create a band of excitement and vitality: Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, voice), Peter Tickell (fiddle, guitar), and Joss Clapp (guitar, acoustic bass guitar, voice). As well as original compositions, traditional tunes of Northumberland and the Borders are well represented. Kathryn is the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes. Her personal evocation of Northumbria has reached audiences all over the world. She learned in the traditional way, from old shepherd musicians in outlying hill farms in Northumberland. She has performed with Sting, The Chieftains, The Penguin Café Orchestra, The Nash Ensemble, Evelyn Glennie and many others, as well as releasing 14 of her own albums. The BBC Proms commissioned her in 2008, and in 2009 she received the Queen's Medal for Music. To say that Kathryn plays pipes is like saying that Shakespeare was a bit of a writer… one of the true stars of our music – Living Tradition www.kathryntickell.com
