Official Folk Albums Chart of the Year Show 2021

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

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

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Join us for a very special show streamed live from Cecil Sharp House. The show looks back at the highlights of 2021, the very first full year of The Official Folk Albums Chart.

Hosted by Matthew Bannister with guest co-host Kitty Macfarlane, the show features live performances and interviews with artists that have featured in the chart over the past year including Spiers and Boden, Katherine Priddy, Gwenifer Raymond, Spell Songs and The Longest Johns.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this live
0:09.0	and welcome to this live-streamed official folk albums chart of the year show 2021, presented by Folk on Foot and English Folk Expo.
0:31.5	I'm Matthew Bannister, and in the next hour or so, we're going to be counting down the best-selling folk albums of the year 2021 and revealing the number one.
0:40.4	And we'll also have live or exclusive performances from some of the brilliant artists who featured in the chart,
0:46.5	including the Spell Song Supergroup, the Seashanty stars, The Longest Johns, the amazing Spars and Bowden, and the wonderful Catherine Priddy.
0:55.0	And we have with us a small but perfectly formed audience.
0:58.5	Let's hear from them now.
1:03.8	They're really punching above their weight when it comes to making a noise.
1:07.1	Now, I was supposed to be presenting this show with Bristol's own Lady Nade, but I'm very sorry to say that she's not well and she's snuggling up in bed with a hot
1:16.7	water bottle at the moment, but she did manage to sit up long enough to send us this message.
1:23.2	Hi, Matthew. Hi, everyone. I'm sad to not be joining you at Cecil Sharp House. I hope you all have an amazing evening and I'll definitely be watching from home.
1:34.9	I'm a big fan of the official folk album show, but sadly, I've tested positive for COVID. So it's another isolation party at home for me. This funky jacket on top and PJs on the bottom. I'll be live in the chat and comments. Sending my love to everyone out there. Stay safe. Maybe you can see my PJs. They're funky like my jacket. Love you all.
2:01.7	Well, we love the PJs, but we're sorry that you're not feeling good, Nade.
2:05.1	We're all sending lots of love for a speedy recovery.
2:08.3	But that is the bad news.
2:09.8	There is some amazing news, some good news, that at the last minute,
2:13.2	the singer and songwriter from Somerset, Kitty McFarlane,
2:15.9	has dashed up to London to help me present
2:18.1	the show. So Kitty, it's just great to have you here. Thanks ever so much for dropping everything and coming to join us. Oh, it's so lovely to be here. Thanks for having me. And sending loads of warm wishes to, and lots of love to Lady Nade back in Bristol. It was a bit of a mad dash, but we're here now. And what an amazing line-up we have for you all tonight.
2:35.6	And we can start that right now with a hugely original and talented artist,
2:40.9	whose extraordinary guitar playing made a big impact when her album,
2:45.0	Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, first hit the chart in 2021.
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