The Lost Words: Spell Songs

Fans will be delighted to hear a new album is being created, taking further inspiration from The Lost Words and the more recent book, The Lost Spells, with Spell Songs Volume II scheduled for release in autumn 2021. The 8 incredible artists who created Spell Songs will be joined on stage by the acclaimed and award-winning artist Jackie Morris, one of the authors of the original Lost Words book, painting live.

"Spell Songs is a work of vision and brilliance" fRoots *****
"Beguiling" The Sunday Times ****
"A delightful homage to nature" The Times****
"A brave and magical creation" The Observer
"Complex and beautiful and an absolute joy from start to finish" RnR *****

Karine Polwart: a multi-award-winning songwriter and musician, a theatre maker, storyteller, essayist, and published writer, who's script for her award-winning show Wind Resistance was picked by Robert Macfarlane for The Guardian's Best Books of 2017.

Julie Fowlis: mostly singing in the Gaelic tradition, Julie is known for her crystalline and intoxicating voice. Winner of BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2018.

Seckou Keita: an exceptional and charismatic musician. Arguably the most influential and inspiring Kora player (22 stringed West African harp) of his generation.

Kris Drever: one of Scotland's finest and most prolific songwriters, a member of award-winning folk trio Lau, and BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Folk Singer of the Year 2017.

Rachel Newton: a singer and harpist with a reputation for "haunting and compelling" (The Guardian) performances and was awarded BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year in 2017

Beth Porter: a well-known cellist on the UK folk and acoustic scene and a one half of The Book Shop Band, who write songs inspired by books that are frequently performed at book shop gigs.

Jim Molyneux: a prodigious talent in many instruments, with an ear for a variety of genres from folk through to jazz and hip hop.

*Please note the finish time listed is approximate and may be subject to change.