“Looking for material during the lockdown we were drawn to happy songs, as a sort of tonic” | Spiers & Boden interview | Songlines
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

“Looking for material during the lockdown we were drawn to happy songs, as a sort of tonic” | Spiers & Boden interview

By Julian May

Lockdown offered folk duo Jon Boden and John Spiers time to revisit some of the more joyful corners of the traditional English canon. They speak to Julian May about the resulting album and the process of working together again

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Spiers & Boden (photo: Elly Lucas)

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