The Darkening’s inspiration comes from the wild, dramatic, weather-bitten countryside along Hadrian’s Wall, which seems so quintessentially Northumbrian…and yet, 1900 years ago that same landscape was inhabited by people from the furthest reaches of the Roman Empire, worshipping different gods and following different customs. 

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening embrace that global perspective, bringing some of the oldest Northumbrian tunes and songs throbbing to life, intermingling them with new material and binding it all together with contemporary resonance and attitude.

Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle, voice
Amy Thatcher – accordion, synths, voice, clog dancing
Stef Conner – voice, lyres
Kieran Szifris – octave mandolin
Joe Truswell – drums, percussion