{"artistName":"Kathryn Tickell","artistId":80275,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/134/13489f9ddb267c471038751e8d46a4fb_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/134/13489f9ddb267c471038751e8d46a4fb_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/134/13489f9ddb267c471038751e8d46a4fb_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/134/13489f9ddb267c471038751e8d46a4fb_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/134/13489f9ddb267c471038751e8d46a4fb_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eKathryn Tickell (born 8 June 1967) is an English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle. She has recorded over a dozen albums, and toured widely.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Tickell took up the smallpipes aged nine, inspired by her family—especially her father Mike, who was heavily involved in the local traditional music scene—and by the music of an older generation of traditional musicians such as Willie Taylor, Will Atkinson, Joe Hutton, Richard Moscrop, Billy Pigg and Tom Hunter. By the time she turned thirteen in 1980, Kathryn had won all the traditional open smallpipes competitions, and was also making a name as an accomplished player of the Shetland fiddle style which she learned from the Shetland fiddle master Tom Anderson at Stirling University's traditional folk summer school. Kathryn has also incorporated the Border pipes into her traditional ensemble. Her family is from the North Tyne Valley area of Northumberland.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer first album, On Kielder Side, was released in 1984. In the same year she was named the official piper for the Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Tickell turned professional in 1986. She has since toured Europe regularly and has recorded with international performers such as The Chieftains, The Boys of the Lough, and Sting.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1990 she formed the Kathryn Tickell Band. As of 2005, the band consisted of Peter Tickell (Fiddle), Julian Sutton (Melodeon), Ian Stephenson (Guitar, acoustic bass guitar), and Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian Pipes and Fiddle).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo ex-members of north-eastern traditional music group the High Level Ranters have appeared on her albums: Tom Gilfellon on \"On Kielder Side\" and Alistair Anderson on \"Borderlands\" (1986). The latter album included to a tribute to Wark football team.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral other pipers have appeared on her albums: Troy Donockley on \"Debatable Lands\", Patrick Molard on \"The Gathering\" and Martyn Bennett on \"Borderlands\". \"Debatable Lands\" includes \"Our Kate\", a composition by Kathryn Tickell dedicated to Catherine Cookson. Jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard wrote a piece with her in 2001. It was premiered at the opening of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2002 Kathryn became director of \"Folkestra North\", a project to develop young talented musicians, aged between 14 and 19.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009, she was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Kathryn+Tickell","playStationPath":"/stations/267958949/play","stationId":267958949,"bioPath":"/music/Kathryn+Tickell/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Norma+Waterson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f4/6f43887d49aa2aca560bd55d4f680a74_md.jpg","artistName":"Norma Waterson","artistId":126475,"station_id":284348231},{"musicPath":"/music/Battlefield+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/713/713b071230b614868109c7fd9acf1a03_md.jpg","artistName":"Battlefield Band","artistId":77066,"station_id":266796940},{"musicPath":"/music/Phil+Cunningham","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/be4/be45572d1147102717dca792a2eebc3f_md.jpg","artistName":"Phil Cunningham","artistId":8311,"station_id":116648264},{"musicPath":"/music/Tony+McManus","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dbd/dbd90b850968383a8af526b1d17f18df_md.jpg","artistName":"Tony McManus","artistId":80321,"station_id":268047202},{"musicPath":"/music/Session+A9","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e48/e48dfc5af4b863c0e0c8b86176d827c8_md.jpg","artistName":"Session A9","artistId":364300,"station_id":394280771},{"musicPath":"/music/Danu","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/70f/70fc196f8f14ee704bb76a668d4a90a5_md.jpg","artistName":"Danú","artistId":80246,"station_id":267909106},{"musicPath":"/music/The+House+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7a6/7a65b846e0d0348bc1e1be0d1832bc95_md.jpg","artistName":"The House Band","artistId":76936,"station_id":266827559},{"musicPath":"/music/Martin+Hayes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1fa/1fac85d6f72a84ac9ae387e62a944691_md.jpg","artistName":"Martin Hayes","artistId":76952,"station_id":266840193},{"musicPath":"/music/Karan+Casey","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/250/25017a3426d4b33759945bb29d0676bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Karan Casey","artistId":118609,"station_id":283254025},{"musicPath":"/music/Aly+Bain","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/420/420ce6ed255641cc5ad183c3767798fb_md.jpg","artistName":"Aly Bain","artistId":135090,"station_id":286143528},{"musicPath":"/music/Natalie+MacMaster","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5e0/5e03334b2a4df7c75b78c324139558b2_md.jpg","artistName":"Natalie MacMaster","artistId":80286,"station_id":267958960},{"musicPath":"/music/Cherish+the+Ladies","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7fd/7fd7041e4df1b834810c2e301bf6a517_md.jpg","artistName":"Cherish the Ladies","artistId":80229,"station_id":267839737},{"musicPath":"/music/The+High+Level+Ranters","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bf9/bf9f6824a747ea59319b0f80b299afc5_md.jpg","artistName":"The High Level Ranters","artistId":139151,"station_id":287828963},{"musicPath":"/music/Emily+Smith","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/100/1003bb74cdb1c1ddcd194a7d18490b46_md.jpg","artistName":"Emily Smith","artistId":110617,"station_id":282142132},{"musicPath":"/music/Boys+of+the+Lough","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f49/f49fa32c1d839881507f5b058c06e5a0_md.jpg","artistName":"Boys of the Lough","artistId":80317,"station_id":267958977},{"musicPath":"/music/De+Dannan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/71b/71b50a4fe7143da8a981cd3abe9d6c0f_md.jpg","artistName":"De Dannan","artistId":1486,"station_id":114555424},{"musicPath":"/music/Shooglenifty","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a5d/a5db75430e93b367f784c60e0dddef66_md.jpg","artistName":"Shooglenifty","artistId":13116,"station_id":114691850},{"musicPath":"/music/Alasdair+Fraser+Natalie+Haas","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/419/4198e9084e58e8f7b1a9100defd5215e_md.jpg","artistName":"Alasdair Fraser \u0026 Natalie Haas","artistId":80183,"station_id":267909092}]}