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Sandra Kerr (and Nancy Kerr) in Warkworth
Season 6 Episode 134
The beloved baggy cloth cat Bagpuss is fifty years old in 2024. We celebrate his birthday by visiting Sandra Kerr at her home in the Northumberland v…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Plygain Carols with Gwilym Bowen Rhys, Owen Shiers and the singers of Mallwyd
Season 6 Episode 132
This year’s seasonal episode takes us to the village of Mallwyd in mid Wales to join the ancient tradition of the plygain carols. On a dark, cold nig…
2 years, 7 months ago
Katie Spencer at Spurn Point
Season 6 Episode 130
Come to “The Edge of the Land” with the wonderful singer, songwriter and guitarist Katie Spencer. She was born and brought up in East Yorkshire. In t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jon Wilks in Birmingham
Season 6 Episode 128
Jon Wilks is singlehandedly bringing folk music to a wider audience, through his excellent TradFolk website and Old Songs Podcast and of course by si…
2 years, 9 months ago
Fiona Soe Paing in Aberdeenshire
Season 6 Episode 126
When the Scottish Burmese sound artist Fiona Soe Paing discovered that one of her ancestors was a traditional singer, she resolved to make a contempo…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Music of the Big Walk
Season 6 Episode 124
On August 4th 2023, Folk on Foot host Matthew Bannister set off on his biggest walk yet. Over two weeks, he covered 186 miles from Wickham Festival i…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Story of The Big Walk
Season 6 Episode 123
On 4th August 2023, Folk on Foot host Matthew Bannister set off on his biggest walk yet: from Wickham Festival in Hampshire to Folk East in Suffolk. …
2 years, 10 months ago
Johnny Campbell & Mikey Kenney on Whernside
Season 6 Episode 121
This is our highest ever episode. We climbed to the top of Yorkshire’s tallest peak - Whernside - with the singer/songwriter Johnny Campbell and the …
3 years ago
Angeline Morrison in North Cornwall
Season 6 Episode 119
Angeline Morrison’s “The Sorrow Songs - Folk Songs of Black British Experience” was one of the most significant albums of recent times. On this walk …
3 years, 1 month ago
James Yorkston and Nina Persson in Tentsmuir Forest
Season 6 Episode 117
The Fife based singer/songwriter James Yorkston and the Cardigans lead singer Nina Persson teamed up with the Swedish Second Hand Orchestra to make t…
3 years, 1 month ago