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Official Folk Albums Chart Show – 8th June 2021
The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot (out on Tuesday June 8th at 1900) will feature an interview with the Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist Declan O’Rourke who tells Matthew Bannister he could have been a painter like his grandf… -
Jim Ghedi (and Friends) in Crookes and the Moss Valley
A finger style guitarist with a uniquely impassioned vocal style, Jim Ghedi was born and brought up in the Crookes area of Sheffield. He takes Matthew Bannister to his Nan and Grandad’s terraced house where he spent his early childhood. There was alw… -
Germa Adan in the Sandwell Valley
The singer, fiddle, guitar and ukulele player Germa Adan was born in Haiti, grew up in Florida and now lives in the UK. She says the RSPB reserve in the Sandwell Valley has been her place of calm during the lockdowns – where she goes to contemplate a… -
Cosmo Sheldrake in Boulsbury Wood
The multi talented musician, producer and lover of the natural world Cosmo Sheldrake takes Matthew Bannister for a walk in the wood near his home. As well as creating electronic music from the song of endangered bird species and the sounds of deep se… -
Festival of LOVE: The Original Songs
The UK’s top folk artists performing beautiful original love songs. For the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day, 23 amazing folk acts each performed an original love song, a traditional love song and a cover version of someone else’s lov… -
Festival of LOVE: The Traditional Songs
The UK’s top folk performers singing beautiful traditional love songs. For the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day, 23 amazing folk acts each performed an original love song, a traditional love song and a cover version of someone else’s … -
Festival of LOVE: The Covers
The UK’s top folk performers singing their unique versions of classic love songs. For the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day, 23 amazing folk acts each performed an original love song, a traditional love song and a cover version of some… -
The Rheingans Sisters in Grindleford
Come with us to the back garden of a house in the Peak District village of Grindleford. There, in a magical atmospheric workshop with fiddles, banjos and drying gourds hanging from the ceiling, we find the Rheingans Sisters and their Dad Helmut, who … -
Richard Thompson in Muswell Hill (and other parts of London)
The legendary guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson (who celebrated his 70th birthday in 2019) takes Matthew Bannister for a walk around the areas of London where he grew up, began playing the guitar, formed Fairport Convention (inventing English… -
6 Songs from Season 5
A selection of unique performances recorded on location for Folk on Foot by Frank Turner, Kitty Macfarlane, Chris Wood, Johnny Flynn, Ninebarrow and O’Hooley and Tidow. If you’ve already heard all their episodes it’s a great way to re-live the experi…
Folk on Foot
By Matthew Bannister
Matthew Bannister goes walking with a leading folk musician in a landscape that has inspired them. They sing and play exclusive acoustic songs on location.
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