Spiers and Boden
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Background information | |
Genres | Folk music |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Various |
Associated acts | Bellowhead |
Website | www.spiersandboden.com |
Members | John Spiers, Jon Boden |
Spiers and Boden are an English folk duo. John Spiers plays melodeon and concertina, while Jon Boden sings and plays fiddle and guitar while stamping the rhythm on a stomp box.
Biography
They began playing together in 1999 and their first album as a duo was Through & Through (2001). In 2002 they were both session musicians on Eliza Carthy's album Anglicana, and toured with her as part of her band The Ratcatchers. However it was their second album, Bellow, in 2003 that drew significant attention. The tunes and songs were mostly traditional, grounded in the Morris tradition. In the same year they won the "Horizon Award" in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards,[1] followed by the "Best Duo" [2] category in 2004.
An album called simply Tunes came out in summer 2005 and another, and Songs followed in October of the same year.
Their fifth album, Vagabond, was released in 2008.
The Works was released on 11 July 2011. It's an album of re-recorded tracks from their 5 albums made as a duo. The album features a number of special guests, including: Fay Hield, James Fagan, Nancy Kerr, Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy, Martin Simpson and Eliza Carthy.[3]
Spiers and Boden are founding members of the folk band Bellowhead.
Discography
Spiers and Boden
Bellowhead
- E.P.Onymous (2004)
- Burlesque (2006)
- Matachin (2008)
- Hedonism (2010)
- Broadside (2012)
Eliza Carthy and The Ratcatchers
- Anglicana (2002)
- Rough Music (2005)
Ian Giles, John Spiers, Jon Boden and Graham Metcalfe
- Sea Shanties (2002)
Jon Boden, Joey Oliver, John Spiers and Ian Giles
- Old Irish Jigs and Reels (2007)
Ian Giles, John Spiers, Jon Boden and Giles Lewin
- Wassail - A Country Christmas (also released as An English Folk Christmas (2003)
Other publications
- The John Spiers Tunebook (2002) – 32 tunes with chords
References
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