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Folk on Foot

Folk on Foot Classic: Angeline Morrison in North Cornwall

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8526 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Enjoy this classic episode from June 2023.


Angeline Morrison’s “The Sorrow Songs - Folk Songs of Black British Experience” was one of the most significant albums of recent times. On this walk near her home in North Cornwall, Angeline talks about her deep love for traditional music and her determination to chronicle in song the experiences of black Britons through history. By the grave of the master and slave who are buried together she sings “Slave No More” and on the beach where she first composed it, she performs “Unknown African Boy, (died 1830)”. There’s also time for a beautiful song in the Cornish language and her unaccompanied version of “Bushes and Briars”.

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0:00.0

Hello, we've now launched well over 70 episodes of Folk on Foot, and we thought you might like some help in picking out which ones to listen to first.

0:09.1

So, each month, we're going to repost a Folk on Foot classic, hoping you'll enjoy delving into our back catalogue, listening again if you're a devoted fan, or for the first time if you're a recent convert.

0:21.3

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0:23.5

So if you like what we do, please become a member,

0:26.1

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0:28.9

You can do all that at the links in the show notes,

0:31.4

or at folk-on-foot.com slash support us.

0:34.8

Thank you and enjoy this Folk on Foot classic.

0:39.2

Last year I heard one of the most significant and important albums I've heard for a long time.

0:47.3

The Sorrow Songs by Angeline Morrison, songs based on black British experience dating back through history.

0:55.3

And it had a profound impact on me.

0:57.4

And as soon as I heard it, I wanted to meet her

1:00.3

and to talk more to her about her inspiration.

1:03.4

So I've come to North Cornwall now to the area where she lives.

1:08.2

And we're going to find out more about Angeline Morrison, her music, it's lovely to see you.

1:38.3

Good morning, it's lovely to see you too.

1:40.3

Welcome to Cornwall.

1:41.3

Where have you brought us to? Where are we?

1:43.3

Okay, we're in Arkshady, that's Park with a Sea, which is the Cornish spelling.

1:48.0

And we are not far from Porth Town Beach, which is where we're heading towards.

1:53.0

Wonderful. And there's a lot of wild garlic here, isn't there?

1:56.0

Yeah, there's loads. Wild garlic and bluebells and the hedgerows. It's a real bounty. And have you lived in in Cornwall for a long time? Yeah, a pretty long time. I really love it here. It feels, well, I'm from Birmingham originally, but this feels like my, it feels like I've got two homes. I don't want to say second home because there's negative connotations at that, isn't it? especially when you live in a coastal community but I do feel like I've got two homes. I don't want to say second home because there's negative connotations at that, isn't there? Especially when you live in a coastal community, but I do feel like I've got two homes and normal there's one of them for me. It feeds my soul. What brought you here in the first place? I fell in love with the obios. What's the obios? You've got to tell, I know You must know what traditional thing. I do know, but just explain it for those who don't know.

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