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Album review: JON BODEN & THE REMNANT KINGS – Parlour Ballads
Hudson Records [Release date 27.09.24] “Parlour Music” is a genre that has been much derided over the centuries. Its heyday was the Victorian era when many middle-class houses had pianos and many middle-class sons and daughters could sight-read piano scores … Continue reading
Album review: THE YOUNG’UNS – Tiny Notes
Hudson Records [Release date 07.04.23] The Young’uns are never one to shy away from a major musical undertaking as their last album, ‘The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff’, proved. How do the Young’uns follow that? With this album ‘Tiny Notes’ which … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 dads walking, album, folk, Jon Boden, review, the Youbg'uns, Tiny Notes, topical, traditional
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Gig review: SPIERS & BODEN – Oxford Playhouse, Sunday 5 June 2022
First time on stage at the Oxford Playhouse for John Spiers and Jon Boden, and also the first time inside this smart theatre for this reviewer. Playing to a home crowd (Spiers and Boden met in Oxford) is always a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellohwhead, fiddle, folk, gig, instrumental, John Spiers, Jon Boden, melodeon, Oxford Playhouse, review, Sunday 5 June 2022, traditional
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Album review: SPIERS & BODEN – Fallow Ground
Hudson Records [Release date 17.09.21] By the time John Spiers & Jon Boden had hung up their highly regarded hats as the Spiers & Boden duo in 2014 they had earned a place in the hearts of the folk audience … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bellowhead, fiddle, folk, Gigspanner, Hudson Records, John Spiers, Jon Boden, review, traditional music
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Gig review: JON BODEN – Cornerstone, Didcot, 5 March 2020
Back at the Cornerstone, after a very enjoyable gig here back in November 2017, Jon Boden is out on a short solo tour to promote his latest album ‘The Rose In June’. Surrounded by three guitars, fiddle, concertina, an adapted … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellowhead, Cornerstones, Didcot, folk, gig, Jon Boden, live, March 5 2020, Remnant Kings, review, singer songwriter
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Album review: JON BODEN – Afterglow
Hudson Records [Release date 06.10.17] ‘Afterglow’ follows on from Jon Boden’s 2009 post-apocalyptic concept album ‘Songs From The Floodplain’. Whereas that album was largely rural in its setting, ‘Afterglow’ takes the listener into the chaos of a ruined city’s street carnival, as two star-crossed lovers try to … Continue reading
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Tagged Afterglow, album, Bellowhead, concept, folk, Hudson Records, indie, Jon Boden, melodic, review, singer songwriter
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Gig review: JON BODEN – Cornerstones, Didcot, 9 November 2017
A first for me a gig in walking distance of my home! Cornerstones is a cosy, modern theatre. It was a sold out show to see former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden play a solo gig in support of his recently … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 November 2017, Afterglow, Bellowhead, Cornerstones, Didcot, folk, gig, Jon Boden, review, singer songwriter, Solo
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Album review: JON BODEN – Painted Lady
Navigator Records [Release date 30.9.16] Jon Boden was the frontman and fiddle player for Bellowhead who called it a day in May this year. This album was his debut solo album and was originally released back in 2006. Navigator Records … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bellowhead, debut, folk, Jon Boden, Navigator Records, Painted Lady, re-issued, review, Solo
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