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The Signal-Man
13 Oct, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
Renowned field recordist Chris Watson follows the sound of signal bells, and finds himself in a Gate Box on a stretch of the East Yorkshire railway, listening for trains and birds with signalman Dave Beckett.
Season 4 trailer
3 Oct, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
Featuring: Nancy Kerr along the Kennet and Avon Canal, John Jones and the Reluctant Ramblers walking to the Wickham Festival, Kris Drever on Orkney, Peggy Seeger in Iffley and Bella Hardy in Edale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Bonus episode: Six Songs from Season 3
12 Sep, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
Featuring: “Never Any Good” by Martin Simpson; “Charm On, Goldfinch” by Beth Porter; “Union Miner” by The Unthanks; “Salty and Sweet” by John Smith; “Lavender Song” by Lisa Knapp; “A Precious Place” by Duncan Chisholm Hosted on ...
Bonus episode: Martin Simpson at BBC Countryfile Live
29 Aug, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
Martin Simpson performs some of the songs from his new album “Rooted” and talks to Matthew Bannister on the Big Barn stage at the BBC Countryfile Live event in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Duncan Chisholm at Sandwood Bay
9 Aug, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
Sandwood Bay, at the far North Western tip of Scotland near Cape Wrath, is one of the most beautiful beaches in the UK. This wild, isolated place inspired the Scottish fiddle player and composer Duncan Chisholm’s album “Sandwood”. He takes Matthew ...
Lisa Knapp in Tooting
2 Aug, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
The singer and fiddle player Lisa Knapp takes Matthew to the south London borough of Tooting where she was born and brought up. She performs songs with links to the area and tells how she stumbled across the Tooting Tragedy – a story of neglect and ill t...
John Smith in Brixham
26 Jul, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
John Smith is known for his delicate and intricate guitar work, honey-and-gravel voice and songs of lost love. He was born in Essex, but brought up in the seaside town of Brixham in Devon. Struck down by illness as a child, he took up the guitar and practi...
Sounds of the Earth – July
25 Jul, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
A montage of music and natural sounds from a sunrise recorded in Cluny House Gardens in Perthshire; the call of a lyrebird captured in the eucalyptus trees of Hastings State Forest in southern Tasmania; a woodland in Minsmere, Suffolk where tawny owls, nig...
The Unthanks on the Northumberland Coast
19 Jul, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
Every winter, Rachael and Becky Unthank and their extended families invite their fans to join them for singing weekends in their native Northumberland. Some fifty people stay together at a bunkhouse where pianist/producer Adrian McNally does the cooking, a...
Bach Walks: Roseburg to Lübeck
18 Jul, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
In the fifth of five "slow-radio" walks in which writer Horatio Clare searches for Bach's footsteps - and his ghost - the route takes him from the village of Roseburg along the Old Salt Road to Mölln, and on to the city of Lübeck.
Martin Simpson in Scunthorpe
12 Jul, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
Regularly voted one of the world’s greatest guitarists, Martin Simpson has been nominated for an astonishing 23 Radio 2 Folk Awards – and won artist of the year twice. He was brought up in the North Lincolnshire steel town of Scunthorpe and takes Matth...
Into the Eerie
11 Jul, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
Artist and cultural geographer Rob St John joins presenter Will Abberley on a walk through the Pennines, untangling the idea of the dark and unsettling impression of eeriness in the English landscape.
Night-time at the zoo
5 Jul, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
Dusk to dawn at the Isle of Wight Zoo.On the beautiful Sandown Beach on the Isle of Wight stands a historic fort, now home to the Isle of Wight Zoo. It is run by the Wildheart Trust, which promotes the survival of endangered species, and is well-known as a...
The Lost Words Spell Songs – Jackie Morris and Beth Porter in Pembrokeshire
5 Jul, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
The beautiful Lost Words book by artist Jackie Morris and writer Robert Macfarlane has become a cultural phenomenon, raising awareness of the importance of nature words in our lives. It has also spawned the Spell Songs project featuring some of our top fol...
Season 3 Trailer
29 Jun, 2019 ·
Folk on Foot
A tantalising taste of all six beautiful episodes of Season 3, featuring The Lost Words Spell Songs: Jackie Morris and Beth Porter in Pembrokeshire; Martin Simpson in Scunthorpe; The Unthanks on the Northumberland Coast; John Smith in Brixham; Lisa Knapp i...
Sounds of the Earth – June
20 Jun, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
A montage of music and natural sounds from the world’s northernmost freshwater lake in Siberia where you’ll hear the calls of Lapland buntings, oriental golden plovers and ptarmigans. We also visit Ein Bokek Canyon in Israel, where the chirps of grac...
Bach Walks: Medingen to Bienenbuttel
20 Jun, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
Episode 4/5. In 1705, the 20-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach set off from his home in Arnstadt to walk 250 miles to Lübeck, there to meet his hero, the composer and organist Dietrich Buxtehude.In the fourth of five "slow-radio" walks in which writer Horati...
Nightingale Nocturne
11 Jun, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
Nightingales singing, with musicians responding to them, in the Sussex woods. They are joined under the trees by Clive Bell playing bamboo flute, and by folk singer Sam Lee.
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Orford Ness – a post-apocalyptic walk
5 Jun, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
Composer Iain Chambers takes a sound recording field trip around Orford Ness in Suffolk. This site – an isolated shingle spit on the Suffolk coast – once played a key role in the UK's development of radar and ballistics. Since buying Orford Ness from t...
Sounds of the Earth – May
31 May, 2019 ·
Slow Radio
A montage of music and natural sounds from a canal in The Camargue where nightingales and swifts greet the morning and from an oasis in Oman where cinnamon-breasted rock buntings are singing happily near a gentle waterfall. We also take a journey along th...