The Pipes, the Pipes Are Calling ; Life On Sunday Ask: Kathryn Tickell Anwers the Questions

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MUSICIAN Kathryn Tickell's roots are firmly based in Northumberland, where many of her relatives still play traditional music.

Her father Mike Tickell is an acclaimed performer of the songs of this area. A passion for music clearly runs through her veins and she took up the Northumbrian smallpipes at the age of nine. By 13 she had won all the traditional open smallpipes competitions and was rapidly making a name for herself as a fiddle player.

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The Pipes, the Pipes Are Calling ; Life On Sunday Ask: Kathryn Tickell Anwers the Questions

At the age of 16, Kathryn released her first album, On Kielderside. Two years later - in 1986 - she turned professional. She has worked with a range of musicians, from Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, to p...

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