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Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister
Folk on Foot
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  • Folk on Foot

    Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th July 2026

    07/07/2026 | 53 mins.
    This month's show features music from Adam Ross, Clementine Lovell, Ryan Young, Laura Cannell, Karine Polwart and Pippa Murphy, Teddy Thompson, Frankie Archer and Tide Lines. Lucy Shields previews forthcoming releases and Matthew Bannister announces the next episode of Folk on Foot.

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  • Folk on Foot

    Folk on Foot Classic: Jon Boden in the Loxley Valley

    28/06/2026 | 47 mins.
    Enjoy this classic episode from October 2018.

    The former Bellowhead lead singer takes Matthew on a walk near his home on the outskirts of Sheffield. This landscape inspired his 2009 album “Songs from the Floodplain”, which creates a vision of a post apocalyptic future when industrial architecture is decaying and people are returning to a more rural way of life. As they walk down the valley, Jon sings “Going Down to the Wasteland”; by a whirlpool in the River Loxley, he performs "April Queen." Next we visit a disused brick factory - where empty kilns and rusting girders are being overwhelmed by trees and weeds - the perfect setting for “Dancing In The Factory”.
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    Find out more about Jon at https://www.jonboden.com
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  • Folk on Foot

    Joshua Burnside in East Belfast

    18/06/2026 | 58 mins.
    Folk Album of the Year nominee Joshua Burnside takes us for a walk near his home in East Belfast, singing songs from his latest album “It’s Not Going To Be OK” along the way. He talks movingly about his friend Dean Jendoubi’s death from a drugs overdose - which inspired the album - and also about growing up in a divided city. We end up admiring the dramatic statues of characters from Narnia in C.S. Lewis Square and walking down the Bloomfield Road, as Joshua sings his song “Ghost of the Bloomfield Road” - which captures his reaction to becoming a Dad.

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    Find out more about Joshua at https://joshuaburnside.bandcamp.com/
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  • Folk on Foot

    Official Folk Albums Chart Show—2nd June 2026

    02/06/2026 | 51 mins.
    This month’s show features music from Natalie Wildgoose, Anna McLuckie, Lady Maisery with Jimmy Aldrige and Sid Goldsmith, Lemoncello, The Longest Johns, Chris Brain, Ladylike and Jim Moray. Lucy Shields has a bumper edition of the album preview and gig news and Matthew Bannister will be announcing the next episode of Folk on Foot.

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    We rely on support from our listeners to keep this show on the road. If you like what we do please either...
    Become a member and get great rewards: patreon.com/folkonfoot
    Or just buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/folkonfoot
    Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com
    Follow us on Bluesky/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot
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    Subscribe to the Folk Forecast to explore all the gigs and album news we ran through in the show: https://thefolkforecast.substack.com/
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  • Folk on Foot

    Folk on Foot Classic: Angeline Morrison in North Cornwall

    24/05/2026 | 59 mins.
    Enjoy this classic episode from June 2023.

    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 near her home in North Cornwall, Angeline talks about her deep love for traditional music and her determination to chronicle in song the experiences of black Britons through history. By the grave of the master and slave who are buried together she sings “Slave No More” and on the beach where she first composed it, she performs “Unknown African Boy, (died 1830)”. There’s also time for a beautiful song in the Cornish language and her unaccompanied version of “Bushes and Briars”.
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    We rely on support from our listeners to keep this show on the road. If you like what we do please either...
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    Or just buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/folkonfoot
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    Find out more about Angeline at https://www.angelinemorrisonmusic.com/
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About Folk on Foot
“Modest people, playing gorgeous music, speaking articulately about areas they love. Fabulously calming” – one listener’s description of this multi-award-winning podcast in which Matthew Bannister goes walking with top folk musicians in the landscapes that have inspired them. “A restorative breathing space in sound” – The Telegraph. “Immaculately produced” – The Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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