Matthew Bannister

Big news indeed!

Straight in at number 1 in the Official Folk Albums Chart goes @billie-marten.bsky.social with “Dog Eared”.

Watch the full show here: youtu.be/TpvJhVJQe8Y

Photo of Brìghde Chaimbeul playing pipes on stage, surrounded by microphones.

It's almost time! Join us on YouTube from 7pm BST for the Official Folk Albums Chart Show, with music from Brìghde Chaimbeul, @billie-marten.bsky.social, @poorcreaturemusic.bsky.social, Bonnie Dobson & @thehangingstars.bsky.social, Me Lost Me and more.

Tune in here: youtu.be/TpvJhVJQe8Y

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This month’s Chart Show features music from @billie-marten.bsky.social, @poorcreaturemusic.bsky.social, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Allo Darlin’, Ann Liu Cannon, California Irish, Bonnie Dobson & @thehangingstars.bsky.social, Me Lost Me and Ruth Lyon.

Join us on YouTube from 7pm BST:
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Oh, that was such a wonderful day. Do have a listen!

Chris Packham and Martin Simpson sat under a tree with Chris’s two lovely dogs, Sid and Nancy. Martin is holding his guitar and they both look relaxed and happy.

Martin Simpson joins @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and his dogs Sid and Nancy for an evocative musical walk in the New Forest in our new episode, out now.

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2fdf4a

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🪲 🦡 “It’s a badger beetle go round!” - @chrisgpackham.bsky.social shows Martin Simpson the circular life of dung beetles in our new episode, out now.

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2fdf4a

Wonderful gig last night by Lady Maisery at the Petworth Festival. Watch out for their episode of @folkonfoot.com coming down the road.

“This is where my ashes are going to be scattered….” @chrisgpackham.bsky.social shows Martin Simpson his final resting place, before Martin sings “Ridgeway” in our new episode, out now.

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2fdf4a

Spine tingling!

Such a wonderful day!

Inspired by a horseback pilgrimage across Argyll, the striking new album by Scots language singer Quinie is a new entry in this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart.

Watch the full show here: youtu.be/UuMXiaotIjw

The extraordinary voice of Lavinia Blackwall enters the Official Folk Albums Chart at #17.

Watch the full show here: youtu.be/UuMXiaotIjw

New at #11 in the Official Folk Albums Chart: Sam Kelly and “Dreamers Dawn”.

Watch the full show here: youtu.be/UuMXiaotIjw

Photo of Odette Michell, with text that says "Folk on Foot presents The Official Folk Albums Chart Show, compiled by Official Charts, 8th July 2025"

This month’s Chart Show features music from Quinie, Odette Michell, Haress, Lavinia Blackwall, Sam Kelly, Chloe Foy, The Wandering Hearts, @willvarleymusic.bsky.social and Jacob Alon.

The show launches at 1900 BST on our YouTube channel and podcast. Subscribe here:
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Songs on Moor and Mountain: Watch on YouTube from 7pm BST

⛰️ Who's up for climbing some mountains?

▶️ Join us on YouTube at 7pm for some songs on moor and mountain: youtu.be/_y5CiRF5lPc

Re-live one of the most spectacular walks we've ever taken, to the remote Sandwood Bay on the far Northern tip of Scotland - a place that inspired the brilliant fiddle player @duncanchisholm.bsky.social - in this classic episode from 2019.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2ebbf8

Midsummer night’s Songdreaming with the brilliant Sam Lee and his band at the atmospheric Thorington open air theatre in Suffolk. A perfect setting.

How can a Victorian mangle make you emotional? Find out in our new episode - as we mark Cuckoo Day in Marsden with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, his band LYR and the people of the village.

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2e481b

“They say there’s light at the end of the tunnel/but there’s tunnel at the end of the light”. In our new episode - out now - Simon Armitage performs this tribute to the Standedge railway and canal tunnels near Marsden, where he grew up.

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/2e481b

Thanks for a lovely chat @darrentansley.bsky.social

Join the Cuckoo Day celebrations in our new episode out now, featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, his band LYR and the amazing morris dancers of Marsden.

🎧 Listen to the episode here: pod.fo/e/2e481b

Celebrate Cuckoo Day in Marsden in our new episode - out now. Featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, his band LYR and this wonderful organ!

🎧 Listen to the episode here: pod.fo/e/2e481b

“Put down the shot gun Marsden - step away from the rolling pin”. In our new episode, out now, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage creates new work from stories sent to him by the people of the West Yorkshire village where he grew up.

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2e481b

This awesome podcast: beautiful poetry of the people of Marsden, read by Poet Laureate (son of Marsden) Simon Armitage. What a place to be the Vicar. 🤯
#ItsGrimUpNorth #JoinUs

🆕 New episode out now: Simon Armitage and LYR on Cuckoo Day in Marsden. Join the Poet Laureate and his band as they perform poems and music inspired by the people of Marsden, where Simon grew up. Plus, morris dancing, organ playing and the emotional story of a mangle.

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2e481b

New at #23 in the Official Folk Albums Chart, “Swilkie” by Iona Lane - recorded in a boathouse on the West Coast of Scotland. Can you hear the sea? 🌊

Watch the full Chart Show here: youtu.be/6Rqy7Ey4yok

Peggy Seeger is our guest on this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show. As she celebrates her 90th birthday, she reflects on a life of music and protest and says Ewan MacColl used “poetic licence” when describing their first night together in this song.

Watch the interview: youtu.be/6Rqy7Ey4yok