Jon Wilks in Birmingham

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

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

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jon Wilks is singlehandedly bringing folk music to a wider audience, through his excellent TradFolk website and Old Songs Podcast and of course by singing and playing the music itself. In this episode, he takes us for a walk around the stomping grounds of his youth in the centre of Birmingham, sharing his fascinating insights into the history of music making in the city and performing songs on the very spot where they were originally collected. Oh, and then there’s the sausage roll incident in Greggs!

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot.
0:03.8	Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message.
0:07.3	If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going.
0:11.6	You can join our wonderful band of members and you'll get great rewards.
0:15.8	These include access to our amazing Folk on Foot on Film archive
0:20.2	of hundreds of songs shot on location on
0:23.1	our travels around the UK and Ireland. To sign up, just go to folkonfoot.com slash support
0:29.5	us. You'll also get an ad-free version of all our episodes and an email postcard from me
0:34.8	each time we go on a walk. If you just want the ad-free version, it'll cost you £3 a month,
0:40.6	and you can get it through your Apple podcast app or at folkonfoot.com slash support us.
0:47.2	Finally, if you don't want to make a regular commitment,
0:50.2	but do want to show how much you love us, you can simply buy us a coffee.
0:54.9	You can also do that at folkonfoot.com
0:57.7	slash support us.
0:59.7	Every penny we get goes back into making more episodes of folk on foot.
1:04.3	So thank you and enjoy the walk. We come to the great city of Birmingham to take a trip through its music and history.
1:32.8	And who better as our guide than John Wilkes, the singer and guitarist?
1:36.7	He's also the man behind the Grizzly Folk blog, the Tradfolk website and the Old Songs podcast.
1:43.2	So he's steeped in digging out the history of English music.
1:48.0	And Birmingham is a place very close to his heart.
1:51.0	So it'll be a joy to walk with him through this great city. Hello, John.
2:18.5	Hi.
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