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'Strange But True' is not a new Kathryn Tickell album in the strictest sense, yet nor is it the standard compilation. As Kathryn herself puts it, “It's really a kind of retrospective - looking at a few of the collaborations I've been involved in over the years, ranging from the sublime (I hope) to the ridiculous...and yes, there are some strange moments on it”.

Put together over the course of a year, it features a range of musical styles from the pure tradition that we have come to expect (instrumental duets with Karen Tweed and Catriona Macdonald) to work with jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard, Norwegian brass ensemble the Brazz Brothers, harpist Corrina Hewat and Folkestra, a collection of young folk musicians of whom Kathryn has been the artistic director for the past six years.

In amongst it all, however, is the passion, feeling and joy that has marked all of Kathryn’s work since she first emerged as a teenager. Few have done so much for the traditional music of this country, both in terms of performance and making a contribution to its future.

'Strange But True' is another chapter in this amazing story, one that demonstrates that if Kathryn Tickell is determined to do anything, it’s to keep moving forward. “I think it's important to understand that, just because I go and do some weird collaboration with someone, it doesn't mean that I've turned my back on traditional music forever”, she says, before laughing. “It just means that I did a weird collaboration!”

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