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The UK’s top folk performers singing their unique versions of classic love songs. For the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day, 23 amazing folk acts each performed an original love song, a traditional love song and a cover version of someone else’s love song. They did it to raise money for musicians who’ve lost their livelihoods during the pandemic. You can donate at www.folkonfoot.com/festival. Now we’ve distilled the Festival into three podcast episodes. This one brings together all the cover versions. So, settle down with a drink and some snacks and get in the romantic mood. Here are the tracks:   Heidi Talbot: I Love You/Tom Waits and Allelujah/First of a Million Kisses/Fairground Attraction Seth Lakeman: Beeswing/Richard Thompson Lady Nade: I Remember Everything/John Prine Kris Drever: Michelle/The Beatles O’Hooley and Tidow: Teardrop/Massive Attack Chris Wood: I Second That Emotion/Smokey Robinson Bella Hardy: And I Love You So/Don Maclean Sam Lee: Dream A Little Dream of Me/Mamas and Papas Rachel Newton: I Will/The Beatles Eliza Carthy: Colorblind/Irving Berlin Beth Porter and the Bookshop Band: Under the Boardwalk/The Drifters Gwilym Bowen Rhys: Pueblito Viejo/Jose Alejandro Morales Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver: The Look of Love/Bacharach and David Martin Simpson: Buckets of Rain/Bob Dylan Kerry Andrew/You Are Wolf: Tender/Blur Seckou Keita: No Woman No Cry/Bob Marley Peggy Seeger: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face/Ewan MacColl Kitty Macfarlane: Song To The Siren/Tim Buckley and Larry Beckett The Breath: Lay Lady Lay/Bob Dylan Steve Knightley: Romeo and Juliet/Dire Straits Karine Polwart: Carey/Joni Mitchell Jon Boden: I Want To Dance With Somebody/Whitney Houston Nancy Kerr and James Fagan: You’ve Got A Friend/Carole King   The Folk on Foot podcast relies entirely on contributions from its listeners to keep going, so why not become a patron – make a small monthly contribution and get great rewards? More details here: www.patreon.com/folkonfoot.   Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: @folkonfoot   Sign up for our newsletter at: www.folkonfoot.com