The Music of the Big Walk

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

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

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

On August 4th 2023, Folk on Foot host Matthew Bannister set off on his biggest walk yet. Over two weeks, he covered 186 miles from Wickham Festival in Hampshire to Folk East in Suffolk, raising thousands of pounds for the charity Help Musicians. Every evening he was met (in a pub, of course), by some of the folk world’s finest musicians. This bonus episode treats you to the musical highlights that spurred Matthew on his way. You will hear:

Day 1: Rosie Hodgson and Rowan Piggott of The Wilderness Yet: “The Bee Boy Song”

Day 2: Steve Knightley, Johnnie Kalsi and Eliza Marshall: “Dakota” (by Kelly Jones)

Day 3: Eliza Marshall: “The Rhythms of Migration”; Jon Wilks: “Greek Street”

Day 4: Martin Simpson: “Skydancers”

Day 5: Janice Burns and Jon Doran: “As I Roved Out”

Day 6: Kirsty Merryn: “The Larks They Sang Melodious (Pleasant and Delightful)”

Day 8 (breakfast!): Honey and the Bear with Toby Shaer: “Around the World”

Day 8 (evening): Megson: “And Finally”

Day 9: Sid Goldsmith and Danny Pedler of Tarren: “Sunk”

Day 10: Bird in the Belly: “Neighbours and Sisters”

Day 11: Katie Spencer:”The Edge of the Land”

Day 12: Knight and Spiers: “Halsway Schottische”

Day 13: Bella Hardy: ”Rhapsody on the Peak of Derbyshire”

Day 14: The Young Uns: “Three Dads Walking” and “John Ball”

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0:00.0	When I set off to walk over 180 miles in two weeks to raise money for the charity help musicians,
0:09.0	I knew I would need some form of impetus every night to keep me going.
0:15.0	And I was amazed at the response from some brilliant folk artists.
0:20.0	Every night they came and played and sang for me in the pub to put some energy back into my
0:25.2	tired legs when I'd done 14 or so miles.
0:28.8	And it was just such a wonderful feeling to know that they were supporting me as I was
0:34.1	supporting them.
0:35.0	So I thought you might like to share some of those pub sessions.
0:39.2	And we put together a compilation of 16 of the songs and tunes
0:43.3	that they played for me in the pub along the big walk.
0:46.8	I hope you enjoy it.
0:48.1	Music. I'm. M..
0:55.0	. What joy it is that we are here in the garden of the Thomas Lord pub with Rosie Hodgson and Rowan Pigott of the Wilderness Yet.
1:25.3	Welcome. Thank you for coming. So what are you going to sing and play for us here in the garden?
1:30.7	Well, we thought we might sing one of the Songhive songs.
1:36.4	This is a Kipling song set to music by Peter Bellamy,
1:39.9	as so many of Kipling's poems are.
1:42.7	And it's sort of one of the first songs that Rowan used to start the
1:46.1	Songhofe project which is a project
1:48.4	that supported the
1:50.1	bee cause which are Friends of the Earth
1:52.4	campaign to raise awareness for the plight of the native bees
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