Official Folk Albums Chart Show—2nd August 2022

08/02/22 • 55 min

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot is presented by Matthew Bannister from the Sidmouth Folk Festival and features an interview with Bella Hardy about her new album “Love Songs” plus music from Kim Carnie, Martyn Joseph, David Ford and Annie Dressner, Will Allen, Damien O’Kane and Ron Block, Kathryn Williams and Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler.

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Previous Episode

The Musical Village of Pathhead, Midlothian

Join us on a walk around the unassuming village of Pathhead, Midlothian, just south of Edinburgh, which is home to a whole galaxy of Scottish musicians.

We start with singer songwriter Karine Polwart, who takes us to meet pianist Dave Milligan and his partner the harpist Corrina Hewat. Then it’s round the corner to see singer and multi-instrumentalist Inge Thomson, her partner Martin Green (of Lau) and their son Ewen, who plays mandolin. They hand us on to bass player Tom Lyne who also creates music using the sounds of the natural world. After a walk with Tom (spotting three mad March hares along the way) we go to his home to meet his wife, the jazz singer Sophie Bancroft. A knock on the door heralds the arrival of fiddle player Amy Geddes who invites us all back to her place for a feast. Joined in Amy’s sitting room by drummer Tom Bancroft and fiddle player Jenny Gardner, the assembled group pay an emotional musical tribute to local pipe maker Nigel Richard who died last year.

You will hear beautiful performances, meet some extraordinary talents and gain an insight into the true meaning of community spirit when you listen to our longest episode yet.

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Fay Hield at the Soundpost Weekend in Dungworth

The singer, songwriter and academic Fay Hield invites us to a Soundpost Singing Weekend in the village of Dungworth on the outskirts of Sheffield. Guests include Sean Cooney of the Young’uns and Rowan Rheingans who wrote special songs for the event. But mostly we walk in the surrounding countryside with Fay and her dog, hearing her sing, learning about her life in music and debating the big issues like “what is folk music?” and “why does it matter?”

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You can choose your level and get great rewards, ranging from a stylish Folk on Foot badge to access to our amazing and ever expanding Folk on Foot on Film video archive of more than 150 unique performances filmed on our travels.

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Find out more about Fay Hield at https://www.fayhield.com/

Find out more about Soundpost at https://www.soundpost.org.uk/

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