Jennifer Reid
@jenniferballads.bsky.social
19thC Lancashire dialect, broadside ballads, weaving & community arts. Disrupting the folk scene since 2015. Barb in #TheGallowsPole. 📸 insta: jenniferballadss
'Th’ Coaler' by Walter Emsley The Song That Shaped Me: Jennifer Reid jenniferballads.bsky.social "I love singing [Walter Emsley's] work as the audience is left with a feeling akin to standing at the bar unsure if they’re next to be served or not. Read more: bit.ly/4u5k6uf
This week's episode of Classic Folk includes tracks by: Danny Pedler & Greg Russell Bruce Cockburn Sean Cooney, @elizacarthy.bsky.social Sam Carter, @jenniferballads.bsky.social Afro Celt Sound System The Queensland Tiger Fairport Convention @debracowan.com and many more! www.efdss.org/listen
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Classic Folk with Mike Norris Classic Folk is unique. It mines a rich seam of wonderful folk and roots music and song from around 75 years of recordings. From the great source singers to the legends o...
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Here’s a glimpse of the day This Slavery brought a crowd to Queen Street Mill in Burnley and filled it with art and song and resistance ✊ @commonerschoir.bsky.social @jenniferballads.bsky.social @jennyharper.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social Thanks to Huckleberry Films
Cue blockbuster movie trailer voice-over: This Valentine’s Day… None of the greatest love stories ever told… But don’t let that deter you… www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
For all those who want to keep up with my learned opinions 🥲🥲
Sex, the world and colonial shame
First contact is, and always will be, a mess.
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Best of 2025. Dove Ellis' debut is the most blown away I've been about an album in years. Little Simz album launch and Richard Hawley playing Coles Corner in full were absolute highlights. @jenniferballads.bsky.social, @naturetvband.bsky.social dropping classics and the return of Blankenberge ❤️
Fantastic line-up which includes @jenniferballads.bsky.social Congratulations Jennifer!
Society for the Study of Labour History@sslh.bsky.social · 10mo agoLegendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. More… sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
RIP Frank O'Gorman. He was a lovely man and a brilliant historian, and I was very fortunate that he was my PhD supervisor. I will miss him. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Frank O’Gorman obituary
Other lives: Manchester University historian who wrote books on 18th- and 19th-century society
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Isn’t that the bloody coolest album cover ever of all time ✨ @jenniferballads.bsky.social Ballad of the Gatekeeper 🌿
I got the new album from @jenniferballads.bsky.social in the post and a line in the sleeve notes shows how she and I are singing from the same hymn sheet, her for folk, me for church “I believe you should try to get everywhere like water, make the tradition undeniable, support people to participate”
It's here 🤩 Haven't had chance to play it yet but worth every penny for the artwork alone.
Jennifer Reid@jenniferballads.bsky.social · last yr.Here it is! THE NEW ALBUM IS OUT! open.spotify.com/album/3RlvqL...
Proud to call Jenn a friend yet even I did not see something of such import coming. As a wordsmith I know the term 'unique' is almost always mis-used but in this case, it is fully justified. Listen, learn and be moved.
Jennifer Reid@jenniferballads.bsky.social · last yr.Here it is! THE NEW ALBUM IS OUT! open.spotify.com/album/3RlvqL...
Forget the kings and queens and all that guff, Jennifer Reid keeps our real history alive. This will be a great project - traditional Lancashire folk, broadsides, radical history.
Jennifer Reid@jenniferballads.bsky.social · 2y agowww.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-ballad...
We published Jenn, yonks ago. If you’re not familiar with her work we urge you to become so…
Jennifer Reid@jenniferballads.bsky.social · 2y agowww.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-ballad...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-ballad... The ever brilliant @jenniferballads.bsky.social is crowdfunding her new album. If you can afford to make a donation please do.
The Ballad of the Gatekeeper album
Jennifer Reid is a performer of Industrial Revolution work song, Lancashire dialect and clog steps. This is her new album.
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New release on Sonido P !!! Just been pre released and they’ll be on general sale soon sonidopolifonico.bandcamp.com
It’s worth tracking down a copy of Sam Fitton’s poem ‘Shuttle-Kissin’ too! @jenniferballads.bsky.social performs this number to great effect.
Dean Kirby@manchesterhistory.uk · 2y agoToday’s newsletter from the Manchester History Club is about the hidden practice in cotton weaving mills of kissing the shuttle - and how it damaged the health of generations of weavers. #Manchester #weaving #textiles #history
New release on Sonido P !!! Just been pre released and they’ll be on general sale soon sonidopolifonico.bandcamp.com
