Jennifer Reid is passionate about preserving aural traditions.
Jenn is a champion of the Industrial Revolution work song, Lancashire dialect and clog dancing.
Rooted in archives and oral histories, her work braids in 19th-century Industrial Revolution work songs. with the present.
“Weaving, mining, canals… They’re the industries that I feel most at home with”
Teaching, performing, researching, sharing, advocating and supporting spaces for memory and making in the tradition, Jennifer Reid returns to Aotearoa
Her current tour sees the performer visit the South Island for the first time, as well as key venues in the North Island that have demanded her return!
Jennifer’s album, The Ballad Of The Gatekeeper, Released in May 2025– recently ranked #8 in The Guardian’s Top 10 Folk Albums of 2025 and is available
from Bandcamp:
https://jenniferreid.bandcamp.com/album/the-ballad-of-the-gatekeeper
Keep an eye on @jenniferballadss for more
