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Folk on Foot

Folk on Foot

By: Matthew Bannister
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“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

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Episodes
  • Folk Album of the Year Award Gala: Highlights
    Apr 12 2026

    Re-live the musical highlights from the spectacular Folk Album of the Year Award Gala at Rochdale Town Hall, with performances from Barry Kerr, Cynefin, Edith WeUtonga, Grace Stewart-Skinner, The Gigspanner Big Band, Joshua Burnside, Peggy Seeger, Poor Creature and Spafford Campbell.

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    58 mins
  • Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th April 2026
    Apr 7 2026

    Katherine Priddy is Matthew’s guest on this month’s show, telling the personal stories behind the songs on her beautiful new album “These Frightening Machines”. There’s also music from Mumford and Sons, Hen Ogledd, Catrin Finch, Lucy Kitchen, Hedera and Georgia Shackleton. Lucy Shields previews forthcoming album releases and gigs and Matthew reveals the next episode of Folk on Foot.

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    Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com

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    58 mins
  • Folk on Foot Classic: Olivia Chaney at the House on Hawnby Moor
    Mar 29 2026

    Enjoy this classic episode from September 2021.


    Olivia Chaney wrote many of the songs for her critically acclaimed second solo album whilst living alone without electricity or mains water at her family’s remote and crumbling farmhouse on Hawnby Moor in North Yorkshire. On a hot summer’s day, she takes Matthew Bannister back across the Moor, singing and playing along the way, circled by curlews and lapwings, to share the atmospheric isolation that brought her inspiration.

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    Or just buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/folkonfoot

    Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com

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    Find out more about Olivia at https://www.oliviachaney.com/

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    46 mins
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