A gig held at Bristol Beacon on Saturday 18th May. The event starts at 20:00.
The Backyard Songs Tour
With a new twist on their annual spring tour, the Bellowhead frontmen Spiers & Boden will invite a little more audience participation than normal.
All areas of the country have their own traditional songs, dances and customs. John and Jon have always been fascinated by these local traditions which weave together to create the diverse folk music of Britain. For this tour they are inviting fans to suggest folk gems with local significance to each of the shows that John and Jon can learn and perform at the gig, whether it be a traditional song collected nearby or a dance tune associated with the area.
The project will have a hub where fans can post suggestions, contribute to discussions, post their own performances of local material and find out what additional local extravaganzas are planned for the Spiers & Boden show in their area.
Described by The Guardian as'the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene' and twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Duo, Spiers and Boden have made the genre of spontaneous, punky English folk very much their own stomping ground.
Loud, proud, and with just a few acoustic instruments, they create a multitude of textures upon which they present traditional stories and dance music which have taken them on to the main stages of major festivals.
'Anyone who needs convincing that the current folk revival is becoming as intriguing, varied and experimental as it was back in the 1960s should check out the remarkable career of John Spiers and Jon Boden. In just a few years, they have established themselves as the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene, and the contemporary equivalent of Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick . '
- The Guardian
FFI: http://www.colstonhall.org/whatson/event3348
Entry requirements:
With a new twist on their annual spring tour, the Bellowhead frontmen Spiers & Boden will invite a little more audience participation than normal.
All areas of the country have their own traditional songs, dances and customs. John and Jon have always been fascinated by these local traditions which weave together to create the diverse folk music of Britain. For this tour they are inviting fans to suggest folk gems with local significance to each of the shows that John and Jon can learn and perform at the gig, whether it be a traditional song collected nearby or a dance tune associated with the area.
The project will have a hub where fans can post suggestions, contribute to discussions, post their own performances of local material and find out what additional local extravaganzas are planned for the Spiers & Boden show in their area.
Described by The Guardian as'the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene' and twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Duo, Spiers and Boden have made the genre of spontaneous, punky English folk very much their own stomping ground.
Loud, proud, and with just a few acoustic instruments, they create a multitude of textures upon which they present traditional stories and dance music which have taken them on to the main stages of major festivals.
'Anyone who needs convincing that the current folk revival is becoming as intriguing, varied and experimental as it was back in the 1960s should check out the remarkable career of John Spiers and Jon Boden. In just a few years, they have established themselves as the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene, and the contemporary equivalent of Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick . '
- The Guardian
FFI: http://www.colstonhall.org/whatson/event3348
Entry requirements: