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.
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Julie Fowlis on the Shores of Loch Ness
Stick in the Wheel on the Road to Epping Forest
Fisherman‘s Friends in Port Isaac
Kerry Andrew/You Are Wolf at the Brockwell Lido
Seth Lakeman on Dartmoor
Jon Boden in the Loxley Valley
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Cara Dillon in Dungiven
Steve Knightley on the Exe Trail
Eliza Carthy (and Family) in Robin Hood's Bay
Sam Lee singing with Nightingales in Sussex
Karine Polwart at Fala Moor
The Young'uns in Hartlepool
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