Calling all folk artists from Britain and Ireland! Entries are now open for the Folk Album of the Year Award 2026. Thanks to our brilliant partners at @soundrootsuk.bsky.social. Find out more and enter your album at folkonfoot.com/award
Lucy Shields
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Folk music marketer/booking agent/programmer/writer. Runs a newsletter called @thefolkforecast.bsky.social. Website - lucyshields.com Comedy writing credits - https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucy-shields/
It's almost time! Join us on YouTube from 7pm, as we count down this month's Official Folk Albums Chart. Plus, be one of the first to hear our exciting news about the 2026 Folk Album of the Year Award. 🏆🎶 Tune in here: youtu.be/jrAhPb0rqWk
Official Folk Albums Chart Show—4th August 2026
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Grassroots music venues are about more than music. They’re places where friendships begin, bands are formed, communities gather and people find belonging. WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS
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
The former Mayor of Abingdon is to attempt to break the world long distance Morris Dancing record - 200 miles along the Thames Path, from London to Abingdon and back, this May. Duncan Bhaskaran Brown is raising money for six charities along the way.
🫘🍚 It’s beans and rice, and rice and beans, and a hand when you fall. For there’s a friendly face, a better place, and a future for us all.
Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · 5mo agoCelebrating 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
Roseberry Topping always sounds to me like something you'd sprinkle on top of a dessert. But in fact, it is a real place, and Matthew's been busy climbing it with @theyounguns.bsky.social. Give it a listen (maybe whilst having a dessert).
Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · 5mo ago🆕 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
The Official Folk Albums Chart Show is out now! Lots of great music this month, plus an interview with @katherinepriddy.bsky.social, a sneak peek of @folkonfoot.com's upcoming episode with @theyounguns.bsky.social, and the latest folky news from me. Catch up here - youtu.be/JweXmIVPa1Y
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
A folly in the grounds of Petworth Park provides the perfect acoustics for the soaring harmonies of Lady Maisery. 🎧 Hear more in our new episode, out now - pod.fo/e/3b366e
🆕 New episode out now: hear the beautiful harmonies of Lady Maisery on a walk in the historic Petworth Park in West Sussex. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/3b366e
What an amazing night of music it’s been! And if you missed it, fear not - you can catch up now at the link below. Thanks so much to everyone who helped to make the Award Gala possible - and thanks to all of you, for listening. ▶️ Watch the show: www.youtube.com/live/wXwK_E6...
Folk Album of the Year 2025 Gala Livestream
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Irish folk smashing it yet again. Loving the new release from Madra Salach! 😍
Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · 6mo agoThe highest new entry in the Official Folk Albums Chart this month comes from Dublin’s Madra Salach. ▶️ Watch the full Chart Show here: youtu.be/uDAS0AER8vY
If you enjoyed the clip we just played from Hannah James & Toby Kuhn, there are still a few hours left to support the kickstarter for their brand new album. Get in there quickly for some kickstarter-exclusive perks: www.kickstarter.com/projects/han...
Where All Our Names Belong and The Giant double launch.
Hannah and Toby are releasing their much anticipated second album and an illustrated book of the story song, The Giant.
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13 events sold out at Stage4Beverley this year! And 84% of tickets sold overall, not that I'm counting or anything. It's been great to see this festival going from strength to strength.
Stage4Beverley@stage4beverley.bsky.social · 7mo agoWhat a wonderful festival we had this year - and with 13 events sold out, we're delighted that so many of you came along! Here are a few more highlights - with thanks to Melvyn Marriott for the photos.
We're pleased to say that all our poetry events have now sold out! If you're quick, there are a few tickets left for Friday's Late Night Club, which will include a spot from @chriswriting.bsky.social as well as music from Maddie Morris and the Nick Rooke Band. stage4beverley.com/whats-on/fri...
The Official Folk Albums Chart Show is out now! Lots of fab music this month, including an absolute banger from @lisaknappmusic.bsky.social & @gerrydiver.bsky.social 😍 Plus some updates on new music and upcoming gigs from yours truly.
Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · 7mo agoThat's it for this month, but thank you to everyone who tuned in, and if you missed it, you can still catch the show on YouTube and the podcast for the next month. ▶️ Catch up here: youtu.be/UxtdKN4OOxk
This month’s Chart Show features music from @elizamarshall.bsky.social, @lisaknappmusic.bsky.social & @gerrydiver.bsky.social, @martynjosephwales.bsky.social, @jamesyorkston.bsky.social & Johanna Söderberg, Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX and more. ▶️ Tune in tonight from 1900 GMT: youtu.be/UxtdKN4OOxk
Very proud and excited to share that @janandjon.bsky.social will be performing orchestral arrangements of their songs with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Celtic Connections on 16th January. A real dream-come-true gig for us! ❤️ www.celticconnections.com/event/1/bbc-...
We'll be playing a livestream concert for all who can't get out to one of our Christmas gigs! www.tickettailor.com/events/janic...
Granny’s Attic gigs are all done for the year! They’ve done 40 gigs in 2025, and here’s a map of everywhere they’ve been. We’ll be filling in some of the gaps next year!
Our tour is imminent! We can't wait to sing these songs for you! We're going lots of places in England, Leith in Scotland, and 1 Livestream for people too far away to come in person. Get your tickets now! www.janandjon.com/live
The shortlist for the Folk Album of the Year 2025 is out now! You can hear tracks from all these amazing albums, plus the artists’ reactions to being nominated, in our nominations announcement show - available on the Folk on Foot YouTube channel and podcast. Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ?...
Our huge, heartfelt thanks to Sam Fender, who’s donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to Music Venue Trust... after already making sure £1 from every ticket on his recent tour went to support grassroots music venues.
