On Easter Bank Holiday Monday, April 13th 2020, we organised the Folk on Foot Front Room Festival - seven and a half hours of wonderful folk music from 15 top artists playing in their front rooms, linked by Matthew Bannister from his. Bella Hardy, Beth Porter and the Bookshop Band, Jon Boden, Julie Fowlis and Éamon Doorley, Karine Polwart, Kerry Andrew/You are Wolf, Kris Drever, Lisa Knapp, Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Peggy Seeger, Rachel Newton, Sam Lee, Seth Lakeman and Steve Knightley all played sets of around 30 minutes. The festival raised £110,000 for musicians unable to work during the coronavirus lockdown. Here are some of the highlights of an amazing day.
Sam Sweeney at Swift's Hill
Jim Ghedi (and Friends) in Crookes and the Moss Valley
Germa Adan in the Sandwell Valley
Cosmo Sheldrake in Boulsbury Wood
Festival of LOVE: The Original Songs
Festival of LOVE: The Traditional Songs
Festival of LOVE: The Covers
The Rheingans Sisters in Grindleford
Richard Thompson in Muswell Hill (and other parts of London)
6 Songs from Season 5
O'Hooley & Tidow in the Colne Valley
Ninebarrow at Nine Barrow Down
Johnny Flynn on the Hackney Marshes
Bonus Episode: Folk on Foot Festival 3: TOGETHER AGAIN: Highlights
Chris Wood in Faversham
Kitty Macfarlane on the Somerset Levels
Frank Turner on the Holloway Road
Season 5 Trailer
Bonus Episode: Seven Songs from Season 4
Bonus Episode: Front Room Festival 2 Highlights
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