Podcast Episodes

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—2nd September 2025

Season 6 Episode 187

Matthew’s guest on this month’s show is the singer/songwriter Kellie While who is chair of the judges for the newly announced Folk Album of the Year Award. She shares the thinking behind the award an…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Folk on Foot Classic: Kitty Macfarlane on the Somerset Levels

Season 6 Episode 186

Enjoy this classic episode from July 2020.

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…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Alex Rex and Lavinia Blackwall in Govan and Carbeth

Season 6 Episode 185

Former Trembling Bells bandmates Alex Rex and Lavinia Blackwall take us first to Govan Old Church in Glasgow to see ancient Viking burial stones - and sing in unaccompanied harmony in the glorious ac…

Published on 4 months ago

Official Folk Albums Chart Show — 5th August 2025

Season 6 Episode 184

This month’s show features music from Billie Marten, Poor Creature, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Allo Darlin’, Ann Liu Cannon, California Irish, Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars, Me Lost Me and Ruth Lyon. Luc…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Folk on Foot Classic: Johnny Flynn on the Hackney Marshes

Season 6 Episode 183

Enjoy this classic episode from September 2020.

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 …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Chris Packham & Martin Simpson in the New Forest

Season 6 Episode 182

Where does Chris Packham want his ashes scattered after he dies? Find out as he takes Martin Simpson and host Matthew Bannister for an enlightening walk in sun-dappled woodland near his home in the N…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—8th July 2025

Season 6 Episode 181

This month’s show features music from Quinie, Odette Michell, Haress, Lavinia Blackwall, Sam Kelly, Chloë Foy, The Wandering Hearts, Will Varley and Jacob Alon. Lucy Shields previews forthcoming rele…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Folk on Foot Classic: Duncan Chisholm at Sandwood Bay

Season 6 Episode 180

Enjoy this classic episode from August 2019.

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 …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Simon Armitage and LYR on Cuckoo Day in Marsden

Season 6 Episode 179

The Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his band LYR perform poems and music inspired by the stories told by the people of the West Yorkshire Village of Marsden, where Simon grew up. It’s all part of th…

Published on 6 months ago

Official Folk Albums Chart Show—3rd June 2025

Season 6 Episode 178

The great Peggy Seeger is Matthew’s guest on this month’s show as she prepares to celebrate her 90th birthday later this month. She says her current tour and album will be her last, so what will she …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago