The Lost Words: Spell Songs
“Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children. They disappeared so quietly that at first almost no one noticed – fading away like water on stone. The words were those that children used to name the natural world around them: acorn, adder, bluebell, bramble, conker – gone! Fern, heather, kingfisher, otter, raven, willow, wren…all of them gone! The words were being lost…”
A companion piece to the hugely successful Lost Words book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. This stunning hardback book features exclusive new spells and artwork, and a CD of new music by eight acclaimed musicians, inspired by the book. This new collaboration takes us further into the magical world of The Lost Words.
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The Lost Words: Spell Songs is a companion piece to the massively successful Lost Words book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. The Lost Words featured Robert's acrostic poems, supported by Jackie's stunning hand-painted artwork. The book is a celebration of the natural world, and the nature words disappearing from our language. The Spell Songs is a must-have for those who loved and appreciated the Lost Words book.
The Lost Words: Spell Songs continues this theme and is a collaboration between Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris and eight acclaimed musicians whose music deeply engages with nature. The Spell Songs features new spells (Snow Hare, Goldfinch, Barn Owl, Grey Seal, Peregrine and Egret) by Robert, alongside new artwork by Jackie.
The CD contains 14 new songs by eight musicians, the 'Spell Singers', capturing the essence of The Lost Words. The original music is by Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Dever, Kerry Andrew, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter and Jim Polyneux.
"Undoubtedly one of [The Lost Words] most thrilling transformations has been into the music [of Spell Songs] brought about by the vision and brilliance of eight musicians, who have together taken The Lost Words and turned it into something diverse, hopeful, moving and new. There are songs here that would live with me for the rest of my years, even I'd had no part in their making." - Robert Macfarlane.
"There's something really weird about The Lost Words, like a green magic. And Spellsongs just takes it deeper, and unlocks and releases and reconnects. It's like being rewired. With all the news about extinction of species, degradation of habitat, climate change, it's hard to know the way forward. Coming together, with music and art we can begin to make a difference, change the way we see the world, and make a change". - Jackie Morris.
Hardback book 112 pages.
CD featuring 14 new songs.
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