Mark Radcliffe, star of BBC radio, presents the opening night of Knutsford Music Festival 2025 with an evening of the finest folk music headed up by Katherine Priddy. This event is expected to be a sell out so get your tickets early to avoid disappointment!
Katherine fist performed at the festival in 2023 and after rave reviews she is back for 2025!
February 2024 saw the release of Katherine Priddy’s eagerly awaited second album: The Pendulum Swing. Greeted by critical acclaim in the press including MOJO who called it “simply brilliant”, the album landed at #1 in the official UK Folk Charts. It saw the likes of Iggy Pop, Guy Garvey, Craig Charles, Mark Radcliffe and Gideon Coe giving it a spin whilst RTE in Ireland added tracks to their recommendations list for 3 weeks running.
With her biggest headline tour to date selling out most cities and her reputation growing, she was asked to perform on the legendary Later.. with Jools Holland (25th May) on BBC Two. She now returns for the final run of The Pendulum Swing Tour in March 2025.
Since Richard Thompson chose Priddy as “The Best Thing I’ve Heard All Year” in Mojo Magazine on the strength of her 2018 “Wolf” EP, her star has risen exponentially. Winning fans from Guy Garvey, Mark Radcliffe, Stuart Maconie and the late Janice Long and garnering glowing press reviews across the board for The Eternal Rocks Beneath. Her live performances are engaging, moving and amusing by turn, delivering original songs with emotional maturity, depth and particularly noteworthy lyrics. Despite the delicate nuances of her sound, Katherine Priddy is not a fragile wallflower, but a determined young woman making her mark.
Katherine is joined for the evening by Mark Radcliffe and Dave Boardman.
Mark and David are singing, song-writing, strumming and swigging buddies from the badlands of the Cheshire Plain. They have played across the UK at various venues and festivals and have also performed in Spain and Portugal.
Radcliffe, once half of legendary radio double-act Mark and Lard, has been on the national airwaves since the early nineties and currently hosts the Radio 2 Folk Show and weekend breakfast on 6Music with Stuart Maconie. He was the leader of folk-rock bands The Family Mahone and Galleon Blast and has also written five bestselling books about music. His next publication is ‘Et tu, cavapoo – one man and his dog in Rome’ which he has co-authored with his canine companion Arlo.
David Boardman is a consummate guitarist and guitar teacher who cut his teeth on the rock circuit with Darktown Jubilee touring not only the UK but also North America and Canada. A gifted visual artist, Boardman met Radcliffe in their hometown of Knutsford where their writing partnership soon began to flourish. They also compose songs for David’s Americana band Fine Lines.
Their act is one of classic simplicity: two voices, two guitars, some great original songs, the odd carefully chosen cover and the occasional rambling anecdote. Their debut album ‘First Light’ is now followed up by their sophomore release ‘Hearsay and Heresy’ on which they have somehow managed to hit the sweet spot between David wanting to do dozens of takes before carefully selecting the best bits and Mark thinking it was alright the first time!
