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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…
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month ago
Folk on Foot Classic: Raynor Winn and the Gigspanner Big Band on the South West Coast Path
Season 6 Episode 177
Enjoy this classic episode from May 2022.
Raynor Winn’s best-selling book “The Salt Path” tells how she and her husband Moth became homeless just as …
1 year, 1 month ago
Goblin Band in the City of London
Season 6 Episode 176
Come with us on a fascinating walk in the historic City of London with rising stars of the folk world Goblin Band. From an ancient church ringing to …
1 year, 2 months ago
Official Folk Albums Chart Show—6th May 2025
Season 6 Episode 175
Richard Dawson is Matthew’s guest on this month’s show, talking about his family home being struck by lightning, the temptations of the Boxing Day sa…
1 year, 2 months ago
Folk on Foot Classic: Sam Lee singing with Nightingales in Sussex
Season 6 Episode 174
Enjoy this classic episode from August 2018
Mercury music prize nominee Sam Lee is a folk singer, a countryman and an impresario. In this episode of F…
1 year, 2 months ago
Georgia Shackleton on the Norfolk Coast
Season 6 Episode 173
A violin made from the floorboards of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s home - a climb to the top of the Happisburgh lighthouse - and a song about wh…
1 year, 2 months ago
Official Folk Albums Chart Show—8th April 2025
Season 6 Episode 172
Matthew's guests on this month’s show are Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver talking about their innovative and inspiring album Hinterland. There’s also musi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Folk on Foot Classic: Richard Thompson in Muswell Hill (and other parts of London)
Season 6 Episode 171
Enjoy this classic episode from December 2020
The legendary guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson takes Matthew Bannister for a walk around the ar…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bonus Episode: Ashley Hutchings in conversation at Cecil Sharp House
Season 6 Episode 170
Bob Dylan described Ashley Hutchings as “The Godfather of English Folk Rock -he gave us a genre we couldn’t refuse”. Bass player Ashley was behind th…
1 year, 3 months ago