Podcasts by Folk on Foot

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—5th December 2023 from 2023-12-05T19:00

Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane are Matthew Bannister’s guests on this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot. They talk about the inspiration behind their new album “The M...

Katie Spencer at Spurn Point from 2023-11-17T00:00

Come to “The Edge of the Land” with the wonderful singer, songwriter and guitarist Katie Spencer. She was born and brought up in East Yorkshire. In this episode she takes us to one of her favour...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th November 2023 from 2023-11-07T19:00

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an interview with Martin Simpson about “Nothing But Green Willow”, his trans-Atlantic collaboration with Thomm Jutz and a ...

Jon Wilks in Birmingham from 2023-10-13T00:00

Jon Wilks is singlehandedly bringing folk music to a wider audience, through his excellent TradFolk website and Old Songs Podcast and of course by singing and playing the music itself. In this e...

Fiona Soe Paing in Aberdeenshire from 2023-09-15T00:00

When the Scottish Burmese sound artist Fiona Soe Paing discovered that one of her ancestors was a traditional singer, she resolved to make a contemporary electronic album reflecting the music an...

The Music of the Big Walk from 2023-09-01T00:00

On August 4th 2023, Folk on Foot host Matthew Bannister set off on his biggest walk yet. Over two weeks, he covered 186 miles from Wickham Festival in Hampshire to Folk East in Suffolk, raising ...

The Story of The Big Walk from 2023-08-25T00:00

On 4th August 2023, Folk on Foot host Matthew Bannister set off on his biggest walk yet: from Wickham Festival in Hampshire to Folk East in Suffolk. Over two weeks, he covered 186 miles, took 46...

Johnny Campbell&Mikey Kenney on Whernside from 2023-07-14T00:00

This is our highest ever episode. We climbed to the top of Yorkshire’s tallest peak - Whernside - with the singer/songwriter Johnny Campbell and the fiddle player Mikey Kenney to help Johnny rec...

Angeline Morrison in North Cornwall from 2023-06-16T00:00

Angeline Morrison’s “The Sorrow Songs - Folk Songs of Black British Experience” was one of the most significant albums of recent times. On this walk near her home in North Cornwall, Angeline tal...

James Yorkston and Nina Persson in Tentsmuir Forest from 2023-05-19T00:00

The Fife based singer/songwriter James Yorkston and the Cardigans lead singer Nina Persson teamed up with the Swedish Second Hand Orchestra to make the gorgeous album “The Great White Sea Eagle”...

Katherine Priddy at Alvechurch&Tanworth in Arden from 2023-04-14T00:00

Katherine Priddy grew up in the village of Alvechurch in the West Midlands, writing songs as a teenager which eventually ended up on her beautiful debut album “The Eternal Rocks Beneath”.  On a ...

Amy-Jane Beer and Cynefin along the River Clettwr from 2023-03-17T00:00

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 Ow...

Freedom To Roam in the Malvern Hills from 2023-02-17T00:00

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 ...

Maddy Prior and Rose-Ellen Kemp at Stones Barn in Cumbria from 2023-01-13T00:00

“The snow it is lying on Bewcastle Fell And the wind strips the skin from my face. The bare bones of a tree give some shelter to me But still it’s a draughty old place.”

Come to “the leas...

The Wexford Carols with Caitriona O’Leary from 2022-12-16T00:00

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 ...

Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter on a tall ship from 2022-11-11T00:00

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 mu...

Gwilym Bowen Rhys in Aberdaron from 2022-10-14T00:00

Come for a wild, wet and windy walk on the beach at Aberdaron on the Llyn peninsula in Wales with the singer and songwriter Gwilym Bowen Rhys. Then join us in the local church where  Gwilym demo...

Folk on Foot Trailer from 2022-09-19T22:11:09

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 e...

The Dance of the Commons at the Englefield Estate from 2022-09-16T00:00

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 joy...

Bonus Episode: Maddy Prior and Peter Knight in conversation at Cecil Sharp House from 2022-09-12T10:16:06

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 Festiva...

Fay Hield at the Soundpost Weekend in Dungworth from 2022-08-12T00:00

The singer, songwriter and academic Fay Hield invites us to a Soundpost Singing Weekend in the village of Dungworth on the outskirts of Sheffield. Guests include Sean Cooney of the Young’uns and...

The Musical Village of Pathhead, Midlothian from 2022-07-15T06:11:30

Join us on a walk around the unassuming village of Pathhead, Midlothian, just south of Edinburgh, which is home to a whole galaxy of Scottish musicians.

We start with singer songwriter Ka...

Jamie Webster in Liverpool from 2022-06-17T00:00

“My city, my people, my heart” – Jamie Webster loves his home city of Liverpool – and Liverpool loves Jamie Webster. The young singer and songwriter started out performing chants for fans of Liv...

Raynor Winn and the Gigspanner Big Band on the South West Coast Path from 2022-05-13T00:00

Raynor Winn’s best-selling book “The Salt Path” tells how she and her husband Moth became homeless just as he was diagnosed with a terminal neuro-degenerative disease. Despite this, they set off...

Grace Petrie in Leicester from 2022-04-15T00:00

Grace Petrie sometimes introduces herself on stage as “a socialist, feminist, lesbian protest singer”. Her acutely observed songs range from political and passionate to personal and profound.  S...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—5th April 2022 from 2022-04-05T19:00

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features John Jones of Oysterband talking about their first full studio album for eight years, plus music from Bird In The Belly, D...

Johnny Kalsi in Southall from 2022-03-11T00:00

The drummer Johnny Kalsi (The Dhol Foundation, Transglobal Underground, Afro Celt Sound System, Imagined Village) takes us for a walk round Southall - an area of West London known as “Little Ind...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—1st March 2022 from 2022-03-01T19:00

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an interview with the singer and harpist Rachel Newton about Heal and Harrow - her collaboration with the fiddle player La...

Maurice Henderson&Ewen Thomson on Shetland from 2022-02-18T00:00

We’re back on the glorious Shetland Isles for this episode and who better to show us around than the renowned local fiddle player Maurice Henderson (of Fiddlers Bid) and his friend the luthier a...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—8th February 2022 from 2022-02-08T19:00

This month, the Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features a chance to re-live some of the highlights from last week’s Chart of the Year Show with live performances from Spiers a...

Official Folk Albums Chart of the Year Show 2021 from 2022-02-02T07:04:09

Join us for a very special show streamed live from Cecil Sharp House. The show looks back at the highlights of 2021, the very first full year of The Official Folk Albums Chart.

Hosted by ...

Kathryn Tickell&her Dad by the River Rede from 2022-01-14T00:00

“He said you could pluck songs out of the air - pluck them out of the air - and sing them bonny”. The great Northumbrian pipe player Kathryn Tickell describes the River Rede near her home as the...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—11th January 2022 from 2022-01-11T19:00

This month’s  Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an interview with Robert Macfarlane and Julie Fowlis about the emotional creative process behind the second Spell Songs a...

Declan O‘Rourke in Kinvara from 2021-12-17T00:00

The acclaimed singer and songwriter Declan O’Rourke takes us for a scenic walk near his home in the beautiful fishing village of Kinvara on the west coast of Ireland, singing songs inspired by t...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th December 2021 from 2021-12-07T20:04:48

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an interview with Seth Lakeman about his new album “Make Your Mark” plus music from Christy Moore, Martyn Joseph, Spencer ...

The Ciderhouse Rebellion&Jessie Summerhayes in the Rosedale Valley from 2021-11-12T00:00

In the shadow of the disused ironstone kilns of the Rosedale Valley in North Yorkshire, Ciderhouse Rebellion - fiddle player Adam Summerhayes and accordionist Murray Grainger - conjure up a soun...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—2nd November 2021 from 2021-11-02T18:00

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show features interviews with Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan and Grace Petrie and her dog Frank. There’s also music from The Last Inklings, David Keenan...

Edgelarks at Scorhill Stone Circle from 2021-10-15T00:00

A Bronze Age site on Dartmoor, six musical instruments, a feather, harmonica-enhanced beatboxing, a stone that is said to increase fertility, a fast flowing river, a baby and a caring grandmothe...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—5th October 2021 from 2021-10-05T19:00

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features a special backstage performance by Spiers and Boden, Jamie Webster playing dockside in Liverpool, an interview with Sam Kelly about...

Olivia Chaney at the House on Hawnby Moor from 2021-09-17T00:00

Olivia Chaney wrote many of the songs for her critically acclaimed second solo album whilst living alone without electricity or mains water at her family’s remote and crumbling farmhouse on Hawn...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th September 2021 from 2021-09-07T19:00

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features a beautiful live track by Cara Dillon, special performances by Alex Rex and Alasdair Roberts and music by Jim Ghedi, John Francis F...

Robert Macfarlane&Johnny Flynn at Wandlebury from 2021-08-13T00:00

Question: What do you get when you go walking with the nature writer Robert Macfarlane and the actor and musician Johnny Flynn on a scorching hot summer's day in Wandlebury?

Answer: A Neo...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—3rd August 2021 from 2021-08-03T19:00

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show – presented this month by Folk on Foot host Matthew Bannister from the Sidmouth Folk Festival - features an exclusive performance by Robert Macfarlane and Joh...

Jenny Sturgeon in Shetland from 2021-07-16T00:00

The singer, songwriter and artist Jenny Sturgeon has made her home on Shetland, a group of wild and wonderful islands in the North Atlantic. Her latest album “The Living Mountain” was inspired b...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show – 6th July 2021 from 2021-07-06T19:00

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features Jon Boden talking about the Bellowhead re-union, Katherine Priddy on her long awaited debut album and an interview with Lady Nade f...

Sam Sweeney at Swift's Hill from 2021-06-18T00:00

The wonderful English fiddle player Sam Sweeney has been a key member of Bellowhead, Leveret, Eliza Carthy’s Wayward Band and many other collaborations. He’s also made two acclaimed solo albums....

Official Folk Albums Chart Show – 8th June 2021 from 2021-06-08T19:00

This month's show features an interview with the Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist Declan O’Rourke who tells Matthew Bannister he could have been a painter like his grandfather if things ha...

Jim Ghedi (and Friends) in Crookes and the Moss Valley from 2021-05-14T00:00

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...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—4th May 2021 from 2021-05-04T19:00

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an interview with Peggy Seeger (is the First Farewell really her last ever solo album?) plus music from John Spillane, Pol...

Germa Adan in the Sandwell Valley from 2021-04-16T00:00

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 cal...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—6th April 2021 from 2021-04-06T21:00

This month's show features an interview with Jon Boden about his album “Last Mile Home” (and the joys of wild swimming). There’s also a beautiful track from Ninebarrow recorded in the historic St J...

Cosmo Sheldrake in Boulsbury Wood from 2021-03-12T07:54:55

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 in Hampshire. As well as creating electronic mus...

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—1st March 2021 from 2021-03-01T19:53:49

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot will feature a high energy live track from Peat and Diesel, an interview with Jim Ghedi about his brilliant new album In The Furrows of Common ...

Festival of LOVE: The Original Songs from 2021-02-19T00:00

23 amazing folk acts each performing an original love song for the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day 2021, featuring Heidi Talbot: Easter Snow; Seth Lakeman: The White Hare; Lady ...

Festival of LOVE: The Traditional Songs from 2021-02-17T08:38:52

23 amazing folk acts each performing a traditional love song for the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day 2021, featuring Nancy Kerr and James Fagan: The Streams of Lovely Nancy: Hei...

Festival of LOVE: The Covers from 2021-02-15T00:00

23 amazing folk acts each performing a cover version of a love song for the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day 2021, featuring Heidi Talbot: I Love You/Tom Waits and Allelujah/Firs...

The Rheingans Sisters in Grindleford from 2021-01-22T00:00

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, ...

Richard Thompson in Muswell Hill (and other parts of London) from 2020-12-18T00:00

The legendary guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson takes Matthew Bannister for a walk around the areas of London where he grew up, began playing the guitar, formed Fairport Convention (inve...

6 Songs from Season 5 from 2020-11-13T00:00

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.

O'Hooley&Tidow in the Colne Valley from 2020-10-22T23:00

Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow have an uncanny ability to move you to tears one moment then have you roaring with laughter the next. In summer 2020 they were planning to capitalise on the new ...

Ninebarrow at Nine Barrow Down from 2020-10-08T23:00

The multi award winning Dorset duo Ninebarrow take Matthew Bannister for a walk in the glorious countryside of the Isle of Purbeck. Their exquisite harmonies ring out across the Bronze Age buria...

Johnny Flynn on the Hackney Marshes from 2020-09-17T23:00

In our first post lockdown episode, actor and musician Johnny Flynn takes Matthew Bannister for a walk on the Hackney Marshes, a huge expanse of public land which has no fewer than 88 football p...

Bonus Episode: Folk on Foot Festival 3: TOGETHER AGAIN: Highlights from 2020-08-31T23:00

Another extraordinary Bank Holiday Monday virtual Festival from Folk on Foot, this time re-uniting musicians who couldn’t play together during the lockdown. The Breath; Eliza Carthy and David De...

Chris Wood in Faversham from 2020-08-06T23:00

The award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist Chris Wood has lived in Kent all his life. “If you keep moving around, how much can you trust your judgement?” he asks. “If you stop where you ...

Kitty Macfarlane on the Somerset Levels from 2020-07-23T23:00

Kitty Macfarlane is known for her pure voice, poetic song writing and passion for the natural world. On this unexpectedly sunny January walk, she and Matthew Bannister climb the historic Burrow ...

Frank Turner on the Holloway Road from 2020-07-09T23:00

Frank Turner is a man of contrasts: the old Etonian who became a punk; the heavy metal fan who became a folk-influenced singer songwriter. On this walk through his old haunts on the Holloway Roa...

Season 5 Trailer from 2020-06-26T08:19:28

A delicious taster of some of the amazing new episodes coming your way in season 5 of Folk on Foot. Recorded before the lockdown, we’ve been walking with Kitty Macfarlane on the Somerset Levels,...

Bonus Episode: Seven Songs from Season 4 from 2020-06-04T23:00

Featuring “Queen of Waters” by Nancy Kerr, “Scapa Flow 1919” by Kris Drever, “Sleeping Beauty” by Bella Hardy, “I’m a Woman on Wheels” by Peggy Seeger, “The Token” by Rachel Newton, “Walking Thr...

Bonus Episode: Front Room Festival 2 Highlights from 2020-05-25T23:00

On Monday 25th May – Spring Bank Holiday in the UK – we staged the Folk on Foot Front Room Festival 2 with an astonishing line up of artists. The show lasted for eight hours – but we have distil...

Bonus Episode: Jarlath Henderson at the Isle of Skye Festival of Small Halls from 2020-05-07T23:00

Jarlath Henderson has been described as the “Jimi Hendrix of the uilleann pipes”.  He is also a fine singer and accomplished player of the whistle. At the age of 17 he became the youngest ever w...

Bonus Episode: Su-a Lee at the Isle of Skye Festival of Small Halls from 2020-04-30T23:00

Su-a Lee is a classically trained cellist who loves breaking down musical barriers. With the group Mr McFall’s Chamber she’s played contemporary classical music in night clubs and she regularly ...

Rachel Newton at the Isle of Skye Festival of Small Halls from 2020-04-23T23:00

The Edinburgh-born harpist, fiddle player and singer Rachel Newton sings in both English and Gaelic and is a member of The Shee, The Furrow Collective and the Lost Words Spell Songs. We walked w...

Bonus Episode: Front Room Festival Highlights from 2020-04-14T09:40:28

On Easter Bank Holiday Monday, April 13th 2020, we organised the Folk on Foot Front Room Festival - seven and a half hours of wonderful folk music from 15 top artists playing in their front room...

Bella Hardy in Edale from 2020-03-12T22:00

The singer, songwriter and fiddle player Bella Hardy takes Matthew for a rain-sodden walk through the majestic countryside of the Edale Valley in the Peak District where she was brought up and h...

Peggy Seeger in Iffley from 2020-02-13T23:00

After a life on the road, folk legend Peggy Seeger has settled in the village of Iffley on the outskirts of Oxford.  In this episode she talks poignantly about her mother, a talented composer wh...

Kris Drever on Orkney from 2020-01-16T23:00

The guitarist, singer and songwriter Kris Drever was born and brought up on Orkney, the archipelago off the Northern coast of Scotland which is steeped in history. The walk starts in the main to...

Bonus Xmas Episode: The Sheffield Carols with Jon Boden, Bella Hardy and The Melrose Quartet from 2019-12-12T23:00

In search of the festive spirit of Christmas – and bearing gifts -  we travel to the Peak District and Sheffield to hear the area’s unique local carols. Along the way we collect music from Jon B...

John Jones and the Reluctant Ramblers walking to the Wickham Festival from 2019-11-14T23:00

This episode has by far the largest cast of walkers we’ve ever assembled – and the most musicians.  The lead singer of Oysterband John Jones started walking from gig to gig and singing on the wa...

Nancy Kerr along the Kennet and Avon Canal from 2019-10-18T00:01

For twelve years, the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nancy Kerr lived on a narrow boat, travelling the length and breadth of England’s inland waterways. As she walks on the towpath...

Season 4 trailer from 2019-10-03T23:01

Featuring: Nancy Kerr along the Kennet and Avon Canal, John Jones and the Reluctant Ramblers walking to the Wickham Festival, Kris Drever on Orkney, Peggy Seeger in Iffley and Bella Hardy in Eda...

Bonus episode: Six Songs from Season 3 from 2019-09-12T23:01

Featuring: “Never Any Good” by Martin Simpson;  “Charm On, Goldfinch” by Beth Porter; “Union Miner” by The Unthanks; “Salty and Sweet” by John Smith; “Lavender Song” by Lisa Knapp;  “A Precious ...

Bonus episode: Martin Simpson at BBC Countryfile Live from 2019-08-29T23:01

Martin Simpson performs some of the songs from his new album “Rooted” and talks to Matthew Bannister on the Big Barn stage at the BBC Countryfile Live event in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in ...

Duncan Chisholm at Sandwood Bay from 2019-08-09T01:00

Sandwood Bay, at the far North Western tip of Scotland near Cape Wrath, is one of the most beautiful beaches in the UK. This wild, isolated place inspired the Scottish fiddle player and composer...

Lisa Knapp in Tooting from 2019-08-02T01:00

The singer and fiddle player Lisa Knapp takes Matthew to the south London borough of Tooting where she was born and brought up. She performs songs with links to the area and tells how she stumbl...

John Smith in Brixham from 2019-07-26T01:00

John Smith is known for his delicate and intricate guitar work, honey-and-gravel voice and songs of lost love. He was born in Essex, but brought up in the seaside town of Brixham in Devon. Struc...

The Unthanks on the Northumberland Coast from 2019-07-19T01:00

Every winter, Rachael and Becky Unthank and their extended families invite their fans to join them for singing weekends in their native Northumberland. Some fifty people stay together at a bunkh...

Martin Simpson in Scunthorpe from 2019-07-12T01:00

Regularly voted one of the world’s greatest guitarists, Martin Simpson has been nominated for an astonishing 23 Radio 2 Folk Awards – and won artist of the year twice. He was brought up in the N...

The Lost Words Spell Songs – Jackie Morris and Beth Porter in Pembrokeshire from 2019-07-05T01:00

The beautiful Lost Words book by artist Jackie Morris and writer Robert Macfarlane has become a cultural phenomenon, raising awareness of the importance of nature words in our lives. It has also...

Season 3 Trailer from 2019-06-29T01:00

A tantalising taste of all six beautiful episodes of Season 3, featuring The Lost Words Spell Songs: Jackie Morris and Beth Porter in Pembrokeshire; Martin Simpson in Scunthorpe; The Unthanks on...

Bonus Episode: Six Songs from Season 2 from 2019-04-12T00:01

Featuring: “Kitty Jay” by Seth Lakeman;  “As Sylvie Was Walking” from Kerry Andrew/You Are Wolf; :”Dancing In The Factory” by Jon Boden; “All The Things” by Stick In The Wheel; “First And Last” ...

Julie Fowlis on the Shores of Loch Ness from 2019-03-14T23:01

The Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis takes Matthew Bannister for a snowy walk on the dramatic shores of Loch Ness near her home in the Scottish Highlands. Accompanied by her husband Eamon Doorley, we ...

Stick in the Wheel on the Road to Epping Forest from 2019-02-14T23:01

Stick in the Wheel’s music has been described as “precision folk with anger, lust and blood.” The band’s founders Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter take Matthew Bannister for a walk through their Eas...

Fisherman‘s Friends in Port Isaac from 2019-01-17T23:01

Jon Cleave and Billy Hawkins of Fisherman’s Friends take Matthew Bannister for a walk around their beautiful home village of Port Isaac in Cornwall, telling tales and singing songs inspired by t...

Fisherman‘s Friends in Port Isaac from 2019-01-17T23:01

Jon Cleave and Billy Hawkins of Fisherman’s Friends take Matthew Bannister for a walk around their beautiful home village of Port Isaac in Cornwall, telling tales and singing songs inspired by t...

Kerry Andrew/You Are Wolf at the Brockwell Lido from 2018-12-13T23:01

Kerry Andrew has been described by Robert Macfarlane as “a writer and musician of frankly alarming talent”. She is a composer, novelist and vocalist who performs alt folk under the name You Are ...

Seth Lakeman on Dartmoor from 2018-11-15T23:01

Seth Lakeman is the Mercury Music Prize nominated singer, fiddle player and guitarist who will forever be associated with Dartmoor. He grew up in the village of Buckland Monachorum with his two ...

Jon Boden in the Loxley Valley from 2018-10-19T00:01

The former Bellowhead lead singer takes Matthew on a walk near his home on the outskirts of Sheffield. This landscape inspired his 2009 album “Songs from the Floodplain”, which creates a vision ...

Season 2 Trailer from 2018-10-13T00:01

A first chance to hear some extracts from Season 2 of Folk on Foot. This time we'll be walking with: Jon Boden in the Loxley Valley; Seth Lakeman on Dartmoor; Kerry Andrew at the Brockwell Lido;...

Bonus Episode: Six Songs from Season 1 from 2018-09-20T00:01

Featuring: Eliza Carthy and Family: “Some Old Salty”;  Steve Knightley: “The Dive”;  Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman: “The Leaving Song”;  The Young’uns: “The Hartlepool Pedlar”; Sam Lee: “The Birds...

Cara Dillon in Dungiven from 2018-09-06T00:01

The multi award winning singer Cara Dillon and her husband and musical collaborator Sam Lakeman take Matthew on a walk through the countryside around the Northern Irish town of Dungiven where sh...

Steve Knightley on the Exe Trail from 2018-08-30T00:01

Steve Knightley of Show of Hands has been described as “a gravel voiced spokesman for the rural poor”. Many of the songs he writes are inspired by the working people he meets in and around his h...

Eliza Carthy (and Family) in Robin Hood's Bay from 2018-08-23T00:01

Eliza Carthy inherited her love of English music from her famous folk singing parents, Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson. Norma recently suffered a serious illness and Eliza moved back to the fam...

Sam Lee singing with Nightingales in Sussex from 2018-08-16T00:01

Mercury music prize nominee Sam Lee is a folk singer, a countryman and an impresario. In this episode of Folk on Foot he invites Matthew to join him in a Sussex wood in the middle of the night a...

Karine Polwart at Fala Moor from 2018-08-09T00:01

Karine Polwart’s solo theatre piece “Wind Resistance” and album “A Pocket of Wind Resistance” were inspired by Fala Moor near her home in Midlothian just south of Edinburgh. She takes Matthew fo...

The Young'uns in Hartlepool from 2018-08-02T00:01

The Young’uns are three award winning troubadours from Teeside. Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes take Matthew Bannister on a walk round the historic headland of Hartlepool where Sean ...

Season 1 Trailer from 2018-07-30T00:01

A taster of what is coming up in our first season of Folk on Foot. You'll hear extracts from Karine Polwart on Fala Moor, the Young'uns in Hartlepool and Steve Knightley on the Exe Trail. More d...