Spell Songs

A musical evolution of both The Lost Words & The Lost Spells books by acclaimed author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning illustrator Jackie Morris. Intersecting music, literature, language and art, it is a call to reawaken our love of the wild.
Karine Polwart | Julie Fowlis | Seckou Keita | Kris Drever | Rachel Newton | Beth Porter | Jim Molyneux

Shake The Chains

Shake the Chains is an exciting touring commission from Folk by the Oak, with support from Arts Council England, Help Musicians, and Folk Alliance. It is a unique celebration of music and its role in social change and resistance, featuring new and classic protest songs from celebrated singer songwriters.
Nancy Kerr | Findlay Napier | Hannah Martin | Greg Russell | Tim Yates

Sweet Liberties

Six folk artists take a musical journey exploring the pursuit of democracy.

Martyn Joseph | Nancy Kerr | Sam Carter | Maz O’Connor | Patsy Reid | Nick Cooke

The Elizabethan Session

Eight leading folk musicians with new work inspired by the Elizabethan age.

Martin Simpson | Nancy Kerr | Folk by the Oak patron Jim Moray | Bella Hardy | John Smith | Hannah James | Rachel Newton | early music specialist Emily Askew

JSL Events, the team behind Folk by the Oak are proud to share our passion for music with our local Herefordshire community.

Working closely with local schools we bring workshops and performances by professional, acoustic, Folk and even Transatlantic Americana musicians to state schools in rural Herefordshire. 

Since 2016 we have organised 11 school workshops/performances and are so very grateful to all the incredible artists who have participated:

Alden, Patterson & Dashwood | Calan | Lady Maisery | Mrs H and the Sing-along Band | Rheingans Sisters | The Small Glories | The Bookshop Band | The Hut People | The Young’uns