Programme Jennifer Reid (UK)
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Jennifer Reid (UK)
Feature Concert: 31st Dec 2.30pm Marquee
Evening Concert Spot: 2nd Jan 7.30pm Marquee
Workshops:
Trad Songs: 1st Jan 3.30pm Troop Den
Clog Dancing: 2nd Jan 10.00am Hall
Folk music has lost its way, and people have lost track of their geographical heritage. The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition Jennifer continues. She is a performer of nineteenth century Lancashire dialect and Victorian broadside ballads.
Jennifer plays the character of Barb in Shane Meadows’ period drama The Gallows Pole. She has supported Pulp, John Cooper Clarke, for Chanel’s prestigious Metiers d’Art show, and is in the second year of touring with Eliza Carthy. In April 2025, she toured Aotearoa’s north island to critical acclaim and rave reviews.
“Lancashire dialect and Victorian Broadside ballad singer Jennifer Reid is brutally honest, powerful and authentic. Reid deserves our attention and embodies the gritty, honest truth of folk music. Reid reminds us that the streets, pubs and alleyways is where folk lives and not behind the glass of the studio.” - Folkmylife.co.uk
Jennifer will give workhops in Clog Dancing and Trad Songs
Links | www.jenniferballads.com | www.jenniferreid.bandcamp.com
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