Rocky Bay Folk Club presents Jennifer Reid (UK)

Rocky Bay Folk Club are thrilled to present ethnomusicologist and performer of 19th century Lancashire dialect and Victorian street ballads, Jennifer Reid. Jennifer has recently supported Eliza Carthy, John Cooper Clarke, and Pulp, and in April brings her one-woman show to New Zealand.

Jennifer is passionate about broadside ballads and talks about their history, ballad hawkers, and who might have been singing these songs and why. Folk music has lost it's way, and people have lost touch with their geographical heritage. The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition Jennifer continues: think rousing songs and passionate oratory.

Jennifer as a performer and writer breathes life back into these fascinating songs that vividly describe the tumultuous environment of the industrial North West. Taking their subject matter from the urban street and people the ballad effectively bridges the gap between folk and pop music as we know it today. – Jeremy Deller

Following Jennifer's performance, we are very pleased to host the first in an 'artist-in-conversation' series between Jennifer and Robin Kearns, Professor of Geography and Head of School at The University of Auckland's School of Environment, which will touch on the connections between music and place, and the traditions Jennifer draws from in her work.

BYO event + tea and coffee provided at half time.