Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th April 2026
Folk on Foot
Matthew Bannister
4.8 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Katherine Priddy is Matthew’s guest on this month’s show, telling the personal stories behind the songs on her beautiful new album “These Frightening Machines”. There’s also music from Mumford and Sons, Hen Ogledd, Catrin Finch, Lucy Kitchen, Hedera and Georgia Shackleton. Lucy Shields previews forthcoming album releases and gigs and Matthew reveals the next episode of Folk on Foot.
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| 0:01.0 | Hello, some beautiful music coming your way in this month's chart show. |
| 0:05.2 | But have you ever wondered how we managed to pay for all these glorious episodes? |
| 0:10.2 | It's almost entirely down to the wonderful people who sign up to become members of folk on foot. |
| 0:16.0 | They make a small monthly contribution in return for great rewards, including ad-free episodes, |
| 0:22.3 | and that means we can keep the music and the walking coming. To find out more and make us very |
| 0:28.0 | happy, please go to folk-on-foot.com slash support us and join them. Every penny we get goes back |
| 0:35.0 | into making more episodes, so thank you and enjoy the show. |
| 0:48.6 | Greetings. |
| 0:49.3 | The sun is out, at least where I live, and the birds are singing, |
| 0:53.3 | and so are the amazing artists we have for you |
| 0:55.7 | on this month's official folk albums chart show. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm delighted to say that Catherine Priddy will be joining me |
| 1:01.6 | to tell the personal stories behind the songs on her fantastic new album. |
| 1:06.4 | There's also music from Mumford and Sons, Hen O'Gleth, Catherine Finch, Lucy Kitchen and Hedera. |
| 1:13.0 | And Lucy Shields will be here to preview forthcoming album releases and gigs, and I have news |
| 1:18.2 | of a rather special episode of Folk on Foot. But let's start with an artist who took us for a walk |
| 1:24.1 | on the Norfolk coast and told us the amazing story behind her new album. |
| 1:29.0 | Georgia Shackleton has been celebrating the 125th anniversary of her distant relative |
| 1:35.0 | the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton setting sail on board the Discovery ship with Captain Scott. |
| 1:41.6 | And she's done it in style, playing a violin made by the Luthier Steve Burnett |
| 1:46.8 | from the actual floorboards of Shackleton's Edinburgh home |
| 1:50.7 | and recording this video on board the ship Discovery. |
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