THE SNOW HARE

On Tuesday 27 April 2021 Spell Songs will perform a unique live streamed concert from the iconic Hintze Hall in London's Natural History Museum, raising funds for their Urban Nature Project.
To find out how you can enjoy the performance and support the Museum's ground-breaking new project go to https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/spell-songs.html

The mountain hare, or snow hare, the only truly Arctic animal of Scotland is under threat due to rapid ecological shifts. A creature that has evolved winter camouflage becomes immensely vulnerable when the snows don’t come as they used to. This song, led by Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart, speaks to that fragility.

The Snow Hare is a track from The Lost Words: Spell Songs, a musical companion piece to The Lost Words: A Spell Book, by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.

Commissioned by Folk by the Oak Festival, Spell Songs brings together 8 remarkable musicians whose music engages deeply with landscape and nature to respond to the creatures, art and language of The Lost Words.

Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Kerry Andrew, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter and Jim Molyneux have created 14 new songs which capture the essence of The Lost Words.

Just as The Lost Words took root and flourished, so Spell Songs has blossomed beyond everyone’s expectations. Inspired by their time with the musicians, Jackie Morris crafted new artwork while Robert Macfarlane conjured new spells, and so the CD is accompanied by the most elaborate and awe-inspiring sleeve notes ever to grace a CD!

The Lost Words: Spell Songs CD Book is available to pre-order from www.thelostwords.org/album.
On general release from 12 July 2019

Following a sell out UK tour in February 2019, Spell Songs was invited to perform at the Hay Literary Festival.

Spell Songs will perform at Folk by the Oak, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire on Sunday 14 July 2019 with further gigs to be announced.
Order The Lost Words: Spell Songs album HERE: https://thelostwords.lnk.to/spellsongs

Видео THE SNOW HARE канала The Lost Words - Spell Songs