HERS is, in many ways, the voice of Northumbria.

And later this month, there will be a chance to hear an artist whose work is deeply rooted in the landscape and people of her native county.

Kathryn Tickell plays the Lawrence Batley Theatre on September 19 in a concert called simply, Northumbria Voices.

With her will be three generations of musicians including her father, Mike.

Kathryn is a composer, performer and successful recording artist and is the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes.

She first took up the Northumbrian smallpipes at the age of nine, learning in the traditional way from shepherd musicians in outlying hill farms near her home.

All the elements of landscape, weather and stories of the people that lived and worked there were part of her childhood.

Kathryn’s personal evocation of this is heard through the traditional tunes and songs that she brings to audiences all over the world.

This deeply personal show brings together a six-strong cast spanning three generations including Kathryn Tickell Band members Julian Sutton (melodeon) and Kit Haigh (guitar/voice); rising folk stars Patsy Reid (fiddle) and Hannah Rickard (voice/fiddle) and finally Kathryn’s septuagenarian father Mike Tickell (voice).

Its content arguably dates back to Kathryn’s early childhood.

Kathryn grew up absorbing the district’s traditions first-hand from family and neighbours and the show began to take shape after she began transcribing dozens of conversations and musical exchanges with those same local people, lovingly if scratchily preserved on cassette as she’d learned her craft.

During a career which has spanned almost 20 years, Kathryn has collaborated with Sting, The Chieftains, Penguin Café Orchestra, Evelyn Glennie and Andy Sheppard.

This new show, Northumbrian Voices allows her to work with someone a lot closes to home – her father, Mike TIckell who joins her on stage for the show.

Expect a journey through the culture and folk-lore of Kathryn’s native North Tyne Valley, the very heartland of her world-renowned prowess on the Northumbrian pipes, and as a fiddler and singer.

Three years ago, Kathryn received the Queen’s Medal for Music, awarded to artists judged to have made an exceptional contribution to British music.

The show is at the LBT on Wednesday, September 19 at 7.30pm. Tickets from the box office on 01484 430528 or book online at www.thelbt.org