Official Folk Albums Chart Show—2nd June 2026
Folk on Foot
Matthew Bannister
4.8 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This month’s show features music from Natalie Wildgoose, Anna McLuckie, Lady Maisery with Jimmy Aldrige and Sid Goldsmith, Lemoncello, The Longest Johns, Chris Brain, Ladylike and Jim Moray. Lucy Shields has a bumper edition of the album preview and gig news and Matthew Bannister will be announcing the next episode of Folk on Foot.
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| 0:00.0 | Stand by for some cracking music in this month's show, but first, let's pass the hat round. |
| 0:06.1 | We can only keep making these shows thanks to the amazing support we get from our brilliant members. |
| 0:11.6 | But costs are rising, so we always need new recruits. |
| 0:15.4 | To get details of the rewards on offer and to sign up, just go to folkonfoot.com slash support us. |
| 0:22.4 | That's folkonfoot.com slash support us. |
| 0:25.7 | Every penny we get goes back into making more episodes. |
| 0:29.2 | So thank you and enjoy the summer. We have eight sizzling new entries for you with music from Anna McClucky, Lady Masary with Jimmy Aldrich and Sid Goldsmith, |
| 0:51.8 | Lemmich, The Longest Johns, Chris Brain, Ladylike and Jim Moray. |
| 0:57.0 | Lucy Shields will be here with a bumper edition of the album preview and gig news, |
| 1:01.7 | and I'll be announcing the next episode of Folk on Foot. |
| 1:05.2 | But to start, we're heading for the Yorkshire Dales in the company of Natalie Wildgous. |
| 1:10.1 | No sophisticated recording studio for her album, |
| 1:13.4 | Rural Hours. She took her collaborators Chris Brain and Owen Spafford to a remote spot, |
| 1:19.7 | two hours walk from the nearest village, without heating or electricity. They played together |
| 1:25.0 | by candlelight, and the atmosphere is beautifully captured in this track. |
| 1:29.8 | Nobody on the path today. |
| 1:53.0 | Nobody on the path today, |
| 2:01.6 | only birds circling above. |
| 2:08.6 | Black, brown, black pieces of paper Oh my love |
| 2:23.3 | World bright in my breath Overhead Quarry of lead |
| 2:42.0 | Lunturn now |
| 2:45.0 | It does not say Not so now it is not safe |
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