Christine SchrammJul 2, 2023
So this is Spiers & Boden in Bath. It was the last gig of their midsummer’s tour and they’ve been just fantastic!! It was great to be in the audience that night 🤩 #spiersboden @squeezyjohn @jonboden #johnspiers #JonBoden #folkmusic #livemusic
KLOF MagDec 14, 2022
Billy Rough selects his Top 10 Albums of 2022 including Jake Blount, Angeline Morrison, Breabach, Sam Sweeney, Trials of Cato, Peter Knight and John Spiers, Emily Portman and Rob Harbron, Tarren, Fern Maddie, Bush Gothic.
#folk #folkmusic #bestfolkalbumsof2022 #instafolk #jakeblount #angelinemorrison #breabach #samsweeney #trialsofcato #peterknight #johnspiers #emilyportman #robharbron #tarren #fernmaddie #bushgothic
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/12/billy-roughs-top-10-albums-of-2022/
Billy Rough’s Top 10 Albums of 2022

Billy Rough selects his Top 10 Albums of 2022 including Jake Blount, Angeline Morrison, Sam Sweeney, Trials of Cato, Peter Knight and John Spiers and more.

Folk Radio UK
AccordionBruceDec 12, 2022

@Phil
When #Accordion is not niche enough you may want to target the hardcore #Hohner #Clavolina market 🪗☕️

#JohnSpiers #melodica #ExperimentalMusic

Show threadAccordionBruceDec 6, 2022

@tdnvl @accordionnoir #FolkMusic #EnglishFolk
🪗 #JohnSpiers and 🎻 John Boden of #Bellowhead represent the more trad acoustic sound, playing songs and tunes masterfully https://www.johnspiers.co.uk

The Ciderhouse Rebellion, two masters improvise traditional tunes (?!)
https://theciderhouserebellion.bandcamp.com

Granny's Attic hot
https://grannysattic.bandcamp.com/

The Monster Ceilidh Band hotter (or at least louder)
https://monsterceilidhband.co.uk
with the wonderful 🪗 Amy Thatcher writing a lot https://amythatcheraccordion.bandcamp.com
...

John Spiers

Home page of John Spiers, a folk artist from Oxford. One of the leading melodeon players of his generation - Bellowhead / Spiers & Boden / Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers

PhilDec 5, 2022

Really enjoyed today’s Melodeon Advent Capendar from John Spiers - interesting technicalities I how he attaches mics, and a great rendition of Parson’s Farewell :-)

https://youtu.be/1OKYw1Jkybg

#JohnSpiers #Melodeon #AdventCalendar

Squeezebox Advent Calendar with John Spiers - December 5th - Saltarelle Connemara II in C/F

YouTube
PhilDec 4, 2022

#JohnSpiers introduces a “Proper weird thing that I don’t normally play” - day four of his #Melodeon #AdventCalendar is a joyous ten minutes, if you are an odd #squeezebox fan like me

https://youtu.be/dHzbw01TzsU

Squeezebox Advent Calendar with John Spiers - December 4th - Hohner Elysium Bass Melodeon!

YouTube
PhilDec 3, 2022

Day three of #JohnSpiers #Melodon #AdventCalendar introducing a really cool box, though it does require being able to play an #Accordion style stradella bass system!

https://youtu.be/KAm9XPEKGBE

Squeezebox Advent Calendar with John Spiers - December 3rd - Hohner Lucia mixte system

YouTube
Show threadAccordionBruceDec 2, 2022

@FolkiePhil
Today’s a great day for #FolkMusic folks to pick up some #JohnSpiers music because it’s #BandcampFriday and artists get 💯% of proceeds from all sales on #bandcamp today

Here’s a link to John and #JackieOats’s wonderful Needle Pin 🪡 record 😊
https://jackieoatesandjohnspiers.bandcamp.com/album/needle-pin-needle-pin

#AccordionBandcamp #accordion #Melodeon

Needle Pin, Needle Pin, by Jackie Oates and John Spiers

12 track album

Jackie Oates and John Spiers