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Season 2 Trailer
Season 2 Episode 12
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; Fish…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Bonus Episode: Six Songs from Season 1
Season 1 Episode 11
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 in t…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Cara Dillon in Dungiven
Season 1 Episode 10
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 she was…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Steve Knightley on the Exe Trail
Season 1 Episode 9
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 home t…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Eliza Carthy (and Family) in Robin Hood's Bay
Season 1 Episode 8
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 family h…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Sam Lee singing with Nightingales in Sussex
Season 1 Episode 7
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 as he …
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Karine Polwart at Fala Moor
Season 1 Episode 6
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 for a w…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
The Young'uns in Hartlepool
Season 1 Episode 5
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 used …
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago