Jackie Oates with John Spiers on the Thames Path at Wallingford
Folk on Foot
Matthew Bannister
4.8 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The singer and fiddle player Jackie Oates is joined by the squeezebox maestro John Spiers for a walk along the mighty River Thames in Oxfordshire. Between a song or two from the lace making industry, and a gorgeous “Lament To The Moon” Jackie talks about her passion for folk song and her recent training as a music therapist which took her into a hospice to help those nearing the end of their lives capture memories in song. She also recalls her folk-style wedding while John muses on the best way to make dandelion wine. It’s a fascinating walk with two of England’s finest folk musicians.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot. |
| 0:12.0 | Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message. |
| 0:15.5 | If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going. |
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| 1:12.6 | So thank you and enjoy the walk. I'm standing on the banks of the mighty river Thames in Wollingford, in Oxfordshire, |
| 1:53.1 | and the river's flowing past really fast. |
| 1:55.4 | It's been flooding, I think, quite recently here. |
| 1:59.4 | And I'm looking for St. Leonard's Church, where I'm going |
| 2:02.9 | to meet two wonderful folk musicians, Jackie Oates, the singer and instrumentalist, and John Spires, |
| 2:09.7 | the squeezebox player, who we've heard from on this podcast before. But we've never heard them |
| 2:14.1 | together. And that's a wonderful combination. |
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