Born in Abingdon in 1975, John grew up surrounded by morris dancers and the associated tunes. It wasn’t until later years however, missing access to a piano when he was at University, that he took up the melodeon and rediscovered the tunes he had heard as a child.
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He has a degree in Natural Science from Cambridge University, and turned professional as a musician in 2004.
John is currently a member of Bellowhead and Spiers and Boden and has won BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards with both acts. He also played with Jon Boden in Eliza Carthy’s band The Ratcatchers, and in 2007 received the English Folk Dance & Song Society 75th Anniversary Award (Oxford).
John also features on the following CDs:
- Sea Shanties (2002) (The Gift of Music) - also featuring Jon Boden, Ian Giles and Graham Metcalfe.
- Folk Music of England (1999) (The Gift of Music) - also featuring Amber Quartet, Dragonsfire, Ian Giles, Dr Faustus.
- Folk Music of Wales (1999) (The Gift of Music) - also features Benji Kirkpatrick, Paul Sartin, Dragonsfire, Amber Quartet, Ian Giles
John Spiers has also released the DVD ’Melodeon: Mastering the Art’ (2008) - a well-regarded tutorial on this increasingly popular instrument
18 Feb 2012 - 19 Feb 2012
Cheese & Grain, Frome
Belshazzar’s Feast,
Spiers & Boden,
Bella Hardy,
Jackie Oates,
Jim Causley,
Jim Moray,
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Steve Knightley, Spiers & Boden (Ceilidh and...
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John Spiers discography
Melodeon - Mastering The Art
2008
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