What's on: Nettlebed Folk club

James Kell • Published 20 Sep 2009 09:00 0 Comments

ACCLAIMED folk duo Spiers and Boden come to Nettlebed tomorrow (Monday).

John Spiers and Jon Boden have been described by critics as "the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene" and are twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.

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.

John and Jon are also founding members of the wildly ambitious 11-piece big-band folk phenomenon, Bellowhead, artist in residence at London's Southbank.

They have also enjoyed a long-term collaboration with Eliza Carthy as The Rat Catchers and performed on her Nationwide Mercury Prize nominated album 'Anglicana'.

Tomorrow, 8pm, Nettlebed Village Club. Box office 01628 636620. See www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk

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This article appeared in Reading Chronicle 17 Sep 09

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