Folk on Foot
By Matthew Bannister
“Modest people, playing gorgeous music, speaking articulately about areas they love. Fabulously calming” – one listener’s description of this multi-award-winning podcast in which Matthew Bannister goes walking with top folk musicians in the landscapes that have inspired them.
“A restorative breathing space in sound” – The Telegraph.
“Immaculately produced” – The Times
“A restorative breathing space in sound” – The Telegraph.
“Immaculately produced” – The Times
Latest episode
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Amy-Jane Beer and Cynefin along the River Clettwr
Why do rivers play such a vital role in our lives, culture and folklore? In this glorious episode, the nature writer Amy-Jane Beer, author of “The Flow”, joins the Welsh singer and songwriter Owen Shiers (also known as Cynefin) on a walk up the beaut… -
Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th March 2023
The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an exclusive acoustic performance by James Yorkston and Nina Persson filmed in Tentsmuir Forest on the Fife coast. There’s also music from Lisa O’Neill, Unthank:Smith, Rozi Plain, Show of… -
Freedom To Roam in the Malvern Hills
Freedom To Roam is a music and multi-media project dreamed up by the flautist Eliza Marshall as a response to many of the pressing issues facing us right now. On this walk climbing the glorious Malvern Hills she is joined by Catrin Finch (harp), Andr… -
Maddy Prior and Rose-Ellen Kemp at Stones Barn in Cumbria
“The snow it is lying on Bewcastle FellAnd the wind strips the skin from my face.The bare bones of a tree give some shelter to meBut still it’s a draughty old place.” Come to “the least populated area of the least populated county in England” and tak… -
The Wexford Carols with Caitriona O’Leary
A festive episode featuring the Wexford Carols sung by the beautiful voice of Caitriona O’Leary. The carols came out of the persecution of Catholics in Wexford in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and were written by Bishop Luke Waddinge and F… -
Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter on a tall ship
Ahoy there! A folk supergroup – The Sea Song Sessions - playing and singing on board a tall ship in Fowey Harbour in Cornwall as the water laps the hull. A discussion of the role of seafaring music in our island history. And a tour of the good ship A… -
Gwilym Bowen Rhys in Aberdaron
Come for a wild, wet and windy walk on the beach at Aberdaron on the Llŷn peninsula in Wales with the singer and songwriter Gwilym Bowen Rhys. Then join us in the local church where Gwilym demonstrates his musical versatility, accompanying himself o… -
Folk on Foot Trailer
What is the multi-award-winning Folk on Foot all about? The Telegraph calls it “a restorative breathing space in sound”. In this sampler, host Matthew Bannister shares beautiful extracts from episodes featuring Karine Polwart on Fala Moor, Eliza Car… -
The Dance of the Commons at the Englefield Estate
On a hot August day, scores of walkers in weird, wacky and wonderful costumes inspired by old English traditions, accompanied by morris dancers and musicians, set off to stage a peaceful and joyful mass trespass. Led by Herne the Hunter (Book of Tre… -
Bonus Episode: Maddy Prior and Peter Knight in conversation at Cecil Sharp House
Singer Maddy Prior and violinist Peter Knight were at the heart of the success of folk rock pioneers Steeleye Span. In this candid interview with Matthew Bannister on stage at the Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House, they recall the heady da…