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Katherine Priddy at Alvechurch & Tanworth in Arden
Season 6 Episode 115
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 de…
3 years, 3 months ago
Amy-Jane Beer and Cynefin along the River Clettwr
Season 6 Episode 113
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 Fl…
3 years, 4 months ago
Freedom To Roam in the Malvern Hills
Season 6 Episode 111
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 r…
3 years, 5 months ago
Maddy Prior and Rose-Ellen Kemp at Stones Barn in Cumbria
Season 6 Episode 108
“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 dra…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Wexford Carols with Caitriona O’Leary
Season 6 Episode 106
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 …
3 years, 7 months ago
Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter on a tall ship
Season 6 Episode 104
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 h…
3 years, 8 months ago
Gwilym Bowen Rhys in Aberdaron
Season 6 Episode 102
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 j…
3 years, 9 months ago
Folk on Foot Trailer
Season 6
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 Matth…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Dance of the Commons at the Englefield Estate
Season 6 Episode 99
On a hot August day, scores of walkers in weird, wacky and wonderful costumes inspired by old English traditions, accompanied by morris dancers and m…
3 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Episode: Maddy Prior and Peter Knight in conversation at Cecil Sharp House
Season 6 Episode 98
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 Mat…
3 years, 10 months ago