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13/07/2011

Mike Harding presents an hour of folk, roots and acoustic music. Acclaimed duo Spiers and Boden talk about their new album The Works, marking ten years of collaboration.

Mike Harding presents an hour of the best in folk, roots and acoustic music. On tonight's show, the acclaimed duo Spiers and Boden talk about their new album The Works, which comes as they mark ten years together.

The album sees melodeon player John Spiers and singer and fiddler Jon Boden revisit and re-record some of their favourite songs and tunes, assisted by a host of musical friends including Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sam Sweeney, Maddy Prior, Andy Cutting and Fay Hield.

John and Jon met playing sessions in an Oxford pub in 1999, and released their debut album in 2001. Before long they established themselves as amongst the most exciting purveyors of English traditional music. Eliza Carthy later hired them for her backing band, and in 2004 they founded the many-headed folk phenomenon, Bellowhead.

Despite their other projects taking off in such a big way, John and Jon have continued to perform as a duo, and on tonight's programme they tell Mike how, and why, they do it all.

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Wed 13 Jul 2011 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Flaco Jim茅nez and Peter Rowan

    The Free Mexican Airforce

    • The Best Of Flaco Jim茅nez.
    • Arhoolie 478.

  • Jim Moray

    Big Love

    • The Skulk.
    • Niblick Is A Giraffe Promo CD.

  • Lady Maisery

    Nottamun Fair

    • Weave & Spin.
    • RBR.

  • Martin Simpson ft. Dick Gaughan

    Brother Can You Spare A Dime

    • Purpose & Grace.
    • Topic TSCD584.

  • Richard & Linda Thompson

    Hokey Pokey

    • Live At The 大象传媒.
    • Universal Promo CD.

  • The Brock McGuire Band

    The Bluebell Polka

    • Green Grass Blue Grass.
    • Paulman PMCD001.

  • Spiers & Boden

    Bold Sir Rylas

    • The Works.
    • Navigator NAVIGATOR046.

  • Spiers & Boden

    Haul Away

    • The Works.
    • Navigator NAVIGATOR046.

  • Spiers & Boden

    The Cheshire Waltz

    • The Works.
    • Navigator NAVIGATOR046.

  • Spiers & Boden

    Prickle-Eye Bush

    • The Works.
    • Navigator NAVIGATOR046.

  • Cyril Tawney

    The Cruise Of The Calabar

    • A Mayflower Garland.
    • Talking Elephant TECD176.

  • Catriona Watt

    The Heart Of The World

    • Foxlight.
    • Real World.

  • Suzy Bogguss

    Ol' Dan Tucker

    • American Folk Songbook.
    • Loyal Dutchess.

Broadcast

  • Wed 13 Jul 2011 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2