Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening

Name: Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
Start: 2024-09-30T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Bradninch Pl, Gandy St, EX4 3LS Exeter, United Kingdom

Schedule

Mon Sep 30 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Bradninch Pl, Gandy St, EX4 3LS Exeter, United Kingdom | Exeter, EN

Named after the old Northumbrian word for twilight, ‘The Darkening’ is made up of four North-East England-based members: Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle, vocals), Amy Thatcher (accordion, synth, clogs, vocals), Kieran Szifris (octave mandolin), Joe Truswell (drums, percussion); with Josie Duncan from the Isle of Lewis (vocals, clarsach). Together these dazzling musicians create musical magic; dynamic and unique “Ancient Northumbrian Futurism”.
Based in the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall yet reaching out to the wider world, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening explore the connecting threads of music, landscape and people over a period of almost 2000 years. Songs range from themes of freedom, nature and venturing out into the world after times of darkness, to a Roman inscription with links to Libya and Syria magnetically pulled into the 21st century with glorious vocal harmonies and the wildest of piping.
VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, AUDITORIUM