[1] In 2007 she won the Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper) Culture Award for Newcomer of the Year.
[2] She studied music at Newcastle University[3] which included performance time at The Sage Gateshead.
At the Sage, she has supported Karine Polwart, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and Ray Davies Doherty has also performed with fellow North Eastern musician Kathryn Tickell and recorded the song "Winter is Past" on Tickell's album Strange But True.
After two German tours with the band she was asked to contribute more vocal performances for the 2012 album, Winterman.
On the 2015/16 release, No Smaller Than the World, Doherty contributed the song from which the album title was taken, "Passing Through", also taking on lead vocals.