Liz Overs is a songwriter, singer of traditional folk and folklore enthusiast. Her first solo album Nightjar was made alongside the Sussex coast with Neill MacColl, Ben Nicholls, and David Tomlins.  

Under a previous signing to Atlantic Records, Overs had a number one club hit in the US. She has since written and sung for Chalk Horse Music  and hosted a radio show covering the music, folklore and social history of Sussex.

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In 2023, Overs' unaccompanied version of The Birds in the Spring was the only song featured in Dylan Howitt’s award-winning documentary The Nettle Dress and she opened at key screenings in the UK.

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collaborations/projects include...

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recordings: Wyrdstone, The Owl Service​

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singing with The Three Villages Project, Arundel Museum, sharing and teaching local traditional songs to children & adults

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with Folklorist Sophia Kingshill, author of Mermaids: Lusts & Legends of a Rebel Sisterhood presenting Mermaids

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with Deborah Sim, Keeper at The Museum of Sex Objects, presenting Fallen Women.

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with Eastbourne Eco Action Network to present Singing The Forest and other Downland walks​​​​​​

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