Official Folk Albums Chart Show—7th April 2026

About this episode

Katherine Priddy discusses her new album and shares personal stories behind her songs.

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. --- We rely on support from our listeners to keep this show on the road. If you like what we do please either... Become a member and get great rewards: patreon.com/folkonfoot Or just buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/folkonfoot Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Bluesky/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot --- Subscribe to the Folk Forecast to explore all the gigs and album news we ran through in the show: https://thefolkforecast.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Bannister

Guest: Katherine Priddy

Topics covered

• Folk music
• Album release
• Artist interview
• Music preview
• Live gigs

Keywords

• Folk music
• Katherine Priddy
• These Frightening Machines
• Mumford and Sons
• album preview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mumford and Sons, Hen Ogledd, Catrin Finch, Lucy Kitchen, Hedera, Georgia Shackleton

Books & works: These Frightening Machines

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