Spiers and Boden are an English folk duo. John Spiers plays melodeon, conce… Read Full Bio ↴Spiers and Boden are an English folk duo. John Spiers plays melodeon, concertina and other squeezeboxes, while Boden plays fiddle, sings, and stamps out the rhythm on a piece of board.
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 [1], followed by the "Best Duo" [2] 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.
Their new album, Vagabond, was released on Navigator Records on 26th May 2008.
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 [1], followed by the "Best Duo" [2] 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.
Their new album, Vagabond, was released on Navigator Records on 26th May 2008.
Brown Adam
Spiers & Boden Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Brown Adam' by these artists:
Martin Carthy Oh who would wish for the wind to blow Or the…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Spiers & Boden:
Bold Sir Rylas Now, Bold Sir Rylas a-hunting went, All along and down a…
Captain Ward Come all you gallant sailors bold Or you who march to…
Child Morris Child Morris stood in the good green wood, With red gold…
Copshawholme Fair On a Friday it fell in the month of April, O'er…
Cruel Knife Down by a weeping willow, where the wild violets bloom, The…
Derry Gaol Oh, after morning there comes the evening! And after evenin…
Haul Away Oh! When I was a little lad or so me mother…
Horn Fair As I was a-walking one morning in Spring, So soft blew…
Innocent When You Dream The bats are in the belfry, The dew is on the…
Old Maui Once more we are waft by the northern gales a-bounding…
On Christmas Day On Christmas Day it happened so, Down in the meadows forth…
Prickle Eye Bush Oh the Prickle Eye Bush That pricks my heart for sore And…
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@seamusdel
the glastonbury vid is back up under captain ward.they're playin' in dublin next week.hope i can get 2 see them.
@CraigG1960
Stirring purity.
@Jongleurs1
Trad Eng/Scotts as long as noone thinks it's irish (they get enough credit for english tunes as it is)
@seamusdel
where is vid of the glastonbury performance
@Jongleurs1
noone wrote either song, they're both traditional english