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Official Folk Albums Chart Show—6th January 2026
Season 6 Episode 209
On this month’s show, Matthew reveals how you can win exclusive tickets to the Folk Album of the Year Award gig at Rochdale Town Hall on March 17th. …
6 months, 1 week ago
Folk on Foot Classic: The Wexford Carols with Caitriona O’Leary
Season 6 Episode 208
Enjoy this classic episode from December 2022.
A festive episode featuring the Wexford Carols sung by the beautiful voice of Caitriona O’Leary. The ca…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Winterfolk in West Yorkshire with O’Hooley and Tidow, Katie Spencer and Maddie Morris
Season 6 Episode 207
Throw another log on the fire, pour yourself a cup of something hot and cheering and come with us in search of Winterfolk in West Yorkshire. With Sa…
7 months ago
Gigspanner Big Band on “Turnstone”: Folk Album of the Year 2025 Nominee
Season 6 Episode 206
The Turnstone is an inquisitive bird that, as it name suggests, likes to overturn stones and seaweed in its search for food. That’s how the members o…
7 months ago
Poor Creature on “All Smiles Tonight”: Folk Album of the Year 2025 Nominee
Season 6 Episode 205
“Our first gig together was a benefit for a greyhound” The dog loving trio who make up Irish band Poor Creature are husband and wife Ruth Clinton (o…
7 months ago
Edith WeUtonga on “Varipasi”: Folk Album of the Year 2025 Nominee
Season 6 Episode 204
Born in Zimbabwe - but now resident in the UK - Edith WeUtonga is known as Mama Bass - because that’s the instrument she has made her own. She’s also…
7 months, 1 week ago
Peggy Seeger on “Teleology”: Folk Album of the Year 2025 Nominee
Season 6 Episode 203
"My first kiss with Irene was behind some wheelie bins in Penge." As she celebrates her ninetieth birthday, the legendary Peggy Seeger unpacks her cu…
7 months, 1 week ago
Grace Stewart-Skinner on “Auchies Spikkin' Auchie”: Folk Album of the Year 2025 Nominee
Season 6 Episode 202
An old recording of her grandfather reciting a poem in the Scots dialect of the little Black Isle fishing village where he lived inspired the clarsac…
7 months, 1 week ago
Joshua Burnside on “Teeth of Time”: Folk Album of the Year 2025 Nominee
Season 6 Episode 201
Recorded in a former office space in Belfast City Centre, Joshua Burnside’s Folk Album of the Year Nominee “Teeth of Time” was inspired by his experi…
7 months, 1 week ago
Cynefin on “Shimli”: Folk Album of the Year 2025 Nominee
Season 6 Episode 200
Delve into the heritage of Welsh poetry, agriculture, fishing, milk processing and, of course, music as Cynefin shares the story behind his beautiful…
7 months, 1 week ago