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Folk on Foot
by Matthew Bannister
Today: #40 in Music, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #137 in Music, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #95 in Music, Ireland on our combined chart.
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Folk on Foot Classic: Seth Lakeman on Dartmoor
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Suntou Susso at Dartington Hall Gardens
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Official Folk Albums Chart Show—6th October 2026
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Stornoway on the Gower Peninsula
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Jenn Butterworth at Whithorn
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Rob Cowen and Johnny Flynn at Thornborough Henges
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Joshua Burnside in East Belfast
June 18, 2026 · 58 minFolk 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…
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A Robin Hood Pilgrimage with Guy Hayward
May 14, 2026 · 58 minWe’re in Sherwood Forest on the trail of Robin Hood in the company of Guy Hayward, founder of the British Pilgrimage Trust and former Cambridge choral scholar. As we head to the Major Oak and beyond, Guy shares many theories about the…
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Simon Nicol in conversation at Cecil Sharp House
April 26, 2026 · 55 minFairport Convention founder member Simon Nicol joins Matthew Bannister on stage at the Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House to review a musical career lasting over 60 years. Simon talks about teaming up with Ashley Hutchings and…
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The Young’Uns at Roseberry Topping
April 16, 2026 · 56 minNearly eight years after they first appeared on Folk on Foot, that irrepressible trio The Young’Uns are back – with Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes performing songs new and old as we climb the Teesside landmark Roseberry…
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Folk Album of the Year Award Gala: Highlights
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Lady Maisery in Petworth Park
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About the show
“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.