Join Angeline Morrison for a walk around North Cornwall, in this classic episode of Folk on Foot. Tune in to discover more about Angeline's acclaimed "Sorrow Songs" album, which tells stories of the Black British experience. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/41dffc @angelcakepie2.bsky.social

Guy Hayward’s Robin Hood pilgrimage ends with this song, sung amid the nature-inspired carvings in the Chapter House of @southwellminster.bsky.social. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now: pod.fo/e/4160e6 @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social

🏆 Delighted that our episode with Goblin Band in the City of London has won a Gold Tower Award at the New York Festivals Radio Awards. Huge congratulations and thanks to the band and our wonderful Producer, @natalie-steed.bsky.social #NewYorkFestivals #StorytellersGala @newyorkfestivals.bsky.social

For the seventh year in a row, we were delighted to be nominated for Best Music at #UKARIAS. And if we had to be beaten to the Gold by anyone, we’re so happy it was our friends at BBC Radio 2 who make '21st Century Folk'. 🏆🎶 @markradcliffe.bsky.social

“Robin Hood is the May King and Maid Marian the May Queen” - join us in Sherwood Forest for a Robin Hood Pilgrimage with Guy Hayward of the @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social. 🏹 It's our new episode - out now: pod.fo/e/4160e6

Were Robin Hood and his Merry Men fairies? That’s a theory discussed by Guy Hayward of the @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social in our new episode, set in Sherwood Forest. 🌳🧚‍♂️ 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/4160e6

🏹 Join us on a Robin Hood pilgrimage with Guy Hayward of the @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social in our new episode, out now. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/4160e6

🆕 New episode out now: A Robin Hood Pilgrimage with Guy Hayward. 🌳 Join us in Sherwood Forest as the @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social founder and former Cambridge choral scholar shares songs and stories about Robin Hood, extols the joys of pilgrimage. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4160e6

The album’s called “Life Slime” - and the video does what it says on the tin! It’s new at #16 in this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart from @pictishtrail.bsky.social (aka Johnny Lynch). Find out more in the Chart Show here: youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8

New at #11 in this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart is “Doing This For Love” by Kris Drever. Watch the rest of this exclusive live version of the title track, when as you catch up with our Chart Show here: youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8

Hello—The Book of Birds by me & the artist Jackie Morris is published…today A re-imagining of the field guide/bird book for our age of wonder & loss, from Avocet to Yellowhammer. Jackie has painted over 300 original artworks for it; I’ve tried to let language soar, glide & plunge. For the birds!

Laura’s Marling’s Record Store Day double live album is the highest new entry in this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart. Watch the rest of this version of “Caroline” and the whole show here: youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8

And we're off! Join us on YouTube now, as we count down this month's Official Folk Albums Chart. Tune in here - youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8

It's almost time for this month's Chart Show, featuring special guest Kris Drever, plus music from Laura Marling, Joshua Burnside, Seafret, @spencercullum.bsky.social, @pictishtrail.bsky.social, @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social & @jennbutterworth.bsky.social. Join us at 7pm BST - youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8

Kris Drever is Matthew’s guest on this month’s Chart Show, plus there's music from Laura Marling, Joshua Burnside, Seafret, @spencercullum.bsky.social, @pictishtrail.bsky.social, @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social and @jennbutterworth.bsky.social. ▶️ Join us on YouTube at 7pm BST - youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8

✨ “To this day, I can’t abide a dirty windscreen.” Simon Nicol on washing cars, saving up for a guitar, and the habits that never quite leave you. 🎧 Catch up on Matthew’s chat with the Fairport Convention guitarist, recorded live at @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social: pod.fo/e/4072c7 📸 Alan Blundell

Merry May y'all! 9 yrs since I released this, we'll be playing it at these gigs:- Today 1st May Turner Sims www.turnersims.co.uk/what.../lisa... 2nd May Bristol Folk Festival arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/bff2... 9 May Whitchurch Folk Festival whitchurchfolk.com/line-up/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-W...

🎶 A great interview with Simon Nicol, guitarist, singer & long-time member of Fairport Convention. ⏬️

Bonus episode out now: Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol in conversation with Matthew Bannister. Simon reflects on the the formation of the band, and gives an emotional account of the crash that killed drummer Martin Lamble and Jeannie Franklin. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/4072c7 📸 Alan Blundell

At the summit of Roseberry Topping - with spectacular views all around, @theyounguns.bsky.social perform Graeme Miles' song “Ring of Iron”. ⛰️🎶 Join our musical climb in the new episode, out now: pod.fo/e/4000ea

There's HUGE line-up news coming on Monday so be sure to watch this space... 👀 Our full autumn gigs season will go live, with 30 incredible gigs and dances for you to get stuck into. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to see the line-up and secure your tickets 🔔

We’re delighted to be nominated for Best Music at the 2026 ARIA Awards - the seventh year in a row - and in good company too. Great recognition for the brilliant Folk on Foot team. audioacademy.org.uk/arias-nomine...

The final episode of Doing Death Differently includes an AI enabled conversatuon from beyond the grave. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Celebrating a local hero - @theyounguns.bsky.social perform “Ghafoor’s Bus” on our climb up Roseberry Topping. 🎧 Listen to the new episode here: pod.fo/e/4000ea

📣Calling all Folk Musicians Apply now for a Creative Bursary of up to £2,000 Deadline for applications: Sunday 31 May 2026. Find out more and apply now: bit.ly/4cYCT4z

How do you choose what to keep to remember a loved one who died? That’s the subject of Episode 4 of “Doing Death Differently” (with help from my wife Kate). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great night with Kris Drever at Grayshott Folk Club. Many excellent songs from his new album krisdreverofficial.bandcamp.com/album/doing-...

Episode 3 of “Doing Death Differently” includes a behind the scenes look at water cremation - coming soon to the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This classic song by Graeme Miles charts the move of working people on Teesside from farming to heavy industry. Find out more in our new episode with @theyounguns.bsky.social on Roseberry Topping. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/4000ea

Interview about my new Radio 4 series “Doing Death Differently” in the Times today. Photo shows me with my late wife Shelagh, our son Joe and my daughter Jessica in 2003. Paywall may apply. www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

In case you missed it, here’s episode 1 of my new Radio 4 series about changing attitudes to death. More tomorrow at 1345: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Who or what is Roseberry Topping? Find out in our new episode featuring @theyounguns.bsky.social - out now. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/4000ea

A lovely diversion from the 'ugh' news filling spaces elsewhere. If you enjoy this one then there a so many other interesting @folkonfoot.com episodes to listen to at your leisure wherever you get your podcasts. :)

🆕 New episode out now: @theyounguns.bsky.social on Roseberry Topping. Eight years after they recorded the first ever episode of Folk on Foot, Sean, David and Michael are back - singing songs old and new, and telling stories both hilarious and poignant. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/4000ea

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." ― Gustav Mahler, as quoted by Alex Merry of Boss Morris in the Ffern Folk Guild episode of @folkonfoot.com

New episode out now, featuring highlights from the wonderful Folk Album of the Year Award Gala - with performances from Barry Kerr, Cynefin, Edith WeUtonga, Grace Stewart-Skinner, Gigspanner Big Band, Joshua Burnside, Peggy Seeger, Poor Creature and Spafford Campbell. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/3fc69f

Great tunes from Bristol’s Hedera, new at number 21 in this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart. ▶️ Watch the full Chart Show here: youtu.be/JweXmIVPa1Y

Always an exciting event - a new album from Kris Drever out today. And it’s wonderful. thenorthsound.lnk.to/DoingThisFor...

Excellent (short) interview with @katherinepriddy.bsky.social near the end of this episode. Both Matthew Bannister and Katherine Priddy know what they are doing and do it well. She's appearing at Exeter Phoenix on 7th May

🪉 Welsh harpist Catrin Finch writes notes to her 12-year-old self in her new album, which enters the Official Folk Albums Chart at number 12 this month. ▶️ Watch the full Chart Show here: youtu.be/JweXmIVPa1Y

Another month, another fantastic round up of all things folky but those good people at @folkonfoot.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=JweX...

Straight into the Official Folk Albums Chart at number 2 goes @katherinepriddy.bsky.social with “These Frightening Machines”. Katherine tells the stories behind the songs in an exclusive interview on this month’s Chart Show. ▶️ Watch it here: youtu.be/JweXmIVPa1Y

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show is about to start! Tune in now on YouTube, and follow along here on Bluesky as we count down this month's top 40. ▶️ Head to YouTube now: youtu.be/JweXmIVPa1Y

Tune into this month's Chart Show for an exclusive chat with @katherinepriddy.bsky.social, plus music from Mumford and Sons, Hen Ogledd, Catrin Finch, Lucy Kitchen, Hedera and Georgia Shackleton. Join us on YouTube tonight from 7pm BST. ▶️ Watch here: youtu.be/JweXmIVPa1Y

Katherine Priddy is Matthew’s guest on this month’s Chart Show - plus, there's music from Mumford and Sons, Hen Ogledd, Catrin Finch, Lucy Kitchen, Hedera and Georgia Shackleton. ▶️ Watch from 7pm BST: youtu.be/JweXmIVPa1Y @katherinepriddy.bsky.social

I had an amazing day in the workshop with Sam McClaren, the man who made my beautiful guitar. He's got a new series where he's building a guitar with different musicians, and I was lucky enough to be the first guest. Give it a watch! #luthier #guitar #craftsman youtu.be/k8-uDmUXQVk?...

If you heard the glorious voice of Olivia Chaney on the soundtrack of the new Wuthering Heights film, you’ll love coming for a walk with her across the Yorkshire moors in this classic episode of Folk on Foot. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/3ca026

Sydney Carter's classic anti-war song, performed by Lady Maisery, has powerful contemporary resonance. They sing it in Petworth Park in our new episode, out now. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/3b366e

Under a chestnut tree in Petworth Park, Hazel Askew tunes her harp ready for another beautiful song from Lady Maisery. 🎧 Hear more in our new episode, out now: pod.fo/e/3b366e

How exciting! Well done @natalie-steed.bsky.social and the FoF team.