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Johnny Flynn on the Hackney Marshes
17 Sep, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
In our first post lockdown episode, actor and musician Johnny Flynn takes Matthew Bannister for a walk on the Hackney Marshes, a huge expanse of public land which has no fewer than 88 football pitches alongside a nature reserve which has grown up in disuse...
Sounds of the Earth – September
6 Sep, 2020 ·
Slow Radio
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from the beaches and forests of Costa Rica, to the shores of Loch Ballygrant on the Isle of Islay.With field recordings by Les Pratt, Bronwen Buckeridge, Chris Watson, and Stephanie Lyons.
Bonus Episode: Folk on Foot Festival 3: TOGETHER AGAIN: Highlights
31 Aug, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
Another extraordinary Bank Holiday Monday virtual Festival from Folk on Foot, this time re-uniting musicians who couldn’t play together during the lockdown. The Breath; Eliza Carthy and David Delarre; Johnny Flynn and his band; Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorl...
S2 Ep33: The England Coast Path with Stephen Neale and buying your own campsite with Sioned Bannister
19 Aug, 2020 ·
Walks around Britain
Andrew White discovers about the history of the soon-to-be-opened England Coast Path with the writer Stephen Neale and what is it like to change your whole life and buy your own campsite to run? Andrew finds out from someone who did just that - Sioned Bann...
Chris Wood in Faversham
6 Aug, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
The award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist Chris Wood has lived in Kent all his life. “If you keep moving around, how much can you trust your judgement?” he asks. “If you stop where you are, the world does eventually come to you.” Since the...
S2 Ep32: The Outdoor Trade Show 2019
5 Aug, 2020 ·
Walks around Britain
Andrew White visits the Outdoor Trade Show - not in 2020, but in 2019. With 2020's event cancelled, Andrew dips into the library to find the interviews we did from 2019's Outdoor Trade Show.
The Walks Around Britain podcast is presented by Andrew White an...
Sounds of the Earth – July
2 Aug, 2020 ·
Slow Radio
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - including a Swedish forest, a Dorset dawn chorus, and water lapping the shores of Lough Erne in Northern Ireland.
Kitty Macfarlane on the Somerset Levels
23 Jul, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
Kitty Macfarlane is known for her pure voice, poetic song writing and passion for the natural world. On this unexpectedly sunny January walk, she and Matthew Bannister climb the historic Burrow Mump Hill. Here she sings a song inspired by the view, “Man ...
S2 Ep31: Discovering Jersey and the Isles of Scilly
22 Jul, 2020 ·
Walks around Britain
Andrew White visiting two island communities - Jersey and the Isles of Scilly.
On Jersey, Andrew talks to Derek Hairon from Jersey Walk Adventures about the Moonwalk and to Hugh Gill about the islands' wonderful history.
On the Isles of Scilly, Andrew ...
Frank Turner on the Holloway Road
9 Jul, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
Frank Turner is a man of contrasts: the old Etonian who became a punk; the heavy metal fan who became a folk-influenced singer songwriter. On this walk through his old haunts on the Holloway Road in North London he reveals the inspiration for his change in...
S2 Ep30: The Legacy of Lockdown on walking and 365 Days Wild with Lucy McRobert
7 Jul, 2020 ·
Walks around Britain
Andrew White talks about what the legacy of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 might be, with adventurer Jason Rawles and wildlife storyteller Lucy McRobert discusses all things nature with her book "365 Days Wild".
Lucy's book "365 Days Wild" is available her...
Season 5 Trailer
26 Jun, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
A delicious taster of some of the amazing new episodes coming your way in season 5 of Folk on Foot. Recorded before the lockdown, we’ve been walking with Kitty Macfarlane on the Somerset Levels, Chris Wood in Faversham and Frank Turner on the Holloway Ro...
Bonus Episode: Seven Songs from Season 4
4 Jun, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
Featuring “Queen of Waters” by Nancy Kerr, “Scapa Flow 1919” by Kris Drever, “Sleeping Beauty” by Bella Hardy, “I’m a Woman on Wheels” by Peggy Seeger, “The Token” by Rachel Newton, “Walking Through Ithonside” by John Jones and th...
S2 Ep29: Caravan & Motorhome Show 2020 and Discovering Alderney
3 Jun, 2020 ·
Walks around Britain
Andrew White visits the Caravan & Motorhome Show 2020 and Martin Batt talks to Andrew about the nature & history of the Channel Island of Alderney, and what it has in store for walkers.
The Walks Around Britain podcast is presented by Andrew White...
The Flying Scotsman
31 May, 2020 ·
Slow Radio
A journey on the Flying Scotsman with privileged access to the driver on the footplate.
Bonus Episode: Front Room Festival 2 Highlights
25 May, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
On Monday 25th May – Spring Bank Holiday in the UK – we staged the Folk on Foot Front Room Festival 2 with an astonishing line up of artists. The show lasted for eight hours – but we have distilled it down to two hours of highlights, featuring: Cara ...
Bonus Episode: Jarlath Henderson at the Isle of Skye Festival of Small Halls
7 May, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
Jarlath Henderson has been described as the “Jimi Hendrix of the uilleann pipes”. He is also a fine singer and accomplished player of the whistle. At the age of 17 he became the youngest ever winner of the Radio 2 Young Folk award. He comes from Nort...
The Halyards of Woodbridge
3 May, 2020 ·
Slow Radio
Composer Iain Chambers takes a sound walk along Suffolk's River Deben, meeting avocets and curlew, and culminating in the musical sounds of Woodbridge boatyard.
Bonus Episode: Su-a Lee at the Isle of Skye Festival of Small Halls
30 Apr, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
Su-a Lee is a classically trained cellist who loves breaking down musical barriers. With the group Mr McFall’s Chamber she’s played contemporary classical music in night clubs and she regularly collaborates with Scotland’s leading folk players. She...
Rachel Newton at the Isle of Skye Festival of Small Halls
23 Apr, 2020 ·
Folk on Foot
The Edinburgh-born harpist, fiddle player and singer Rachel Newton sings in both English and Gaelic and is a member of The Shee, The Furrow Collective and the Lost Words Spell Songs. We walked with her on the Isle of Skye in November 2019 where she was tak...