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Description: Home page of Spiers & Boden, a folk group from Oxford and Sheffield. John Spiers and Jon Boden, the guys who thought up Bellowhead. Multiple BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners. And they're back!
BLUEY BRINK - BUTTER AND CHEESE AND ALL - CUCKOO'S NEST / SALTASH / Wm IRWIN'S MODAL HORNPIPE - THE FOG - HIND HORN - THE MALLARD - VALENTINE / THE PROCESSION - GODESSES / RED HOUSE - FALLOW GROUND - GIANT'S WALTZ / IRONING BOARD HORNPIPE - YONDER BANKS - FUNNEY EYE / CHESHIRE HORNPIPE - REYNARDINE - BAILEY HILL / WHITTENHAM CLUMPS
By the time John Spiers & Jon Boden had hung up their highly regarded hats as the Spiers & Boden duo in 2014 theyhad earned a place in the hearts of the folk audience that few could rival. Described by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’, Spiers & Boden first rocketed onto the music scene in 2001, quickly winning a clutch of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and went on to become one of the best loved duos on the English folk scene and beyond. John and Jon were also founding members
The title ‘Fallow Ground’ is not only a reference to the duo’s choice to put Spiers & Boden to one side for a time, but also, to the huge impact that the pandemic has had on live music. The decision to return with an album in 2021 was made pre-pandemic and as a result ended up being recorded between lockdowns. It’s an album bursting with ideas as well as a new-found confidence to let the material speak for itself.
Leicestershire Folk Diary
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A Folk Song A Day
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