The Lost Words: Spell Songs
A two album commission with Folk by the Oak for 2019 and beyond
Karine Polwart
Julie Fowlis
Seckou Keita
Kris Drever
Rachel Newton
Beth Porter
Jim Molyneux
Working closely with Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris the artists will created two companion piece to the best-selling and award winning book 'The Lost Words'.
The project has played to sold out audiences at QEH Southbank Centre, Hay Festival, BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, and The Natural History Museum
Two studio albums (2019 and 2021), the second released worldwide via Thirty Tigers, for more information
The Lost Words: Spell Songs website
The Lost Words: Spell Songs Twitter
The Lost Words Blessing
Audio
Previous Shows
Feb 8 2019 Snape Maltings, Snape
Feb 9 2019 Town Hall, Birmingham
Feb 10 2019 RNCM, Manchester
Feb 12 2019 QEH Southbank London
May 29 2019 Hay Festival, Hay
Jul 14 2019 Folk by the Oak, Hatfield
Aug 25 2019 Royal Albert Hall, London
Apr 27 2020 Natural History Museum, London
Aug 28 2021 Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Jan 27 2022 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Jan 28 2022 Perth Concert Hall, Perth
Jan 29 2022 Sage, Gateshead
Jan 30 2022 Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Jan 31 2022 Cadogan Hall, London
Feb 1 2022 Cadogan Hall, London
All photos by Elly Lucas
Times Literary Supplement review of QEH Southbank show (click to expand)
