Spiers and Boden

Spiers and Boden

Infobox musical artist
Name = Spiers and Boden


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Instruments = Squeezeboxes, fiddle, guitar, vocals
Genre = English folk music
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Years_active = 1999-present
Label = Various
Associated_acts = Bellowhead
URL = [http://www.spiersandboden.com www.spiersandboden.com]
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Spiers and Boden are an English folk duo. John Spiers plays melodeon, concertina and other squeezeboxes, while Jon Boden plays fiddle, sings, and stamps out the rhythm on a piece of board.

Biography

They began playing together in 1999 and their first album as a duo was "Through and 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 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 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/awards2004/review_spiersboden.shtml Horizon award] ] , followed by the "Best Duo" [ [http://www.muncaster.co.uk/web2006/index/spiersandboden.html Best duo] ] category in 2004. A new album called simply "Tunes" came out in summer 2005 and another, and "Songs" followed in October of the same year.

Spiers and Boden were founding members of the folk band Bellowhead, which is a project that aims to combine traditional English folk music with a brass band sound.

Discography

piers and Boden

*"Through and Through" (2001)
*"Bellow" (2003)
*"Tunes" (2005)
*"Songs" (2005)
*"Vagabond" (2008)

Bellowhead

*"E.P.Onymous" (2004)
*"Burlesque" (2006)
*"Matachin" (2008)

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

External links

* [http://www.spiersandboden.com/index.html Spiers and Boden website]
* [http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/ Bellowhead Website]
* [http://www.jonboden.com Jon Boden Website]
* [http://www.brightyoungfolk.com/gigs/Spiers--Boden/b-gigs1.aspx Spiers and Boden Tour Dates]
* [http://www.fellside.com Fellside Recordings]


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