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Soundbox Presents: Jackie Oates & John Spiers

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Handbridge St Mary's Handbridge Centre

Chester

Friday 15th of December 2023

19:00

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Soundbox Presents: Jackie Oates & John Spiers

Event Type

Genre : Music - Folk/blues/world

Description

Multi award-winning contemporary folk artists JACKIE OATES and JOHN SPIERS meld together their shared love of English traditional folk tunes and songs with their fine voices and expertly played acoustic instruments. .
Having toured their first album, ?Needle Pin, Needle? Pin since its release in 2020, Jackie and John also delighted audiences with their seasonal Christmas show last year, to critical acclaim both from within and beyond the folk world.
SoundBox is extremely pleased to welcome this high-calibre duo back to Chester to perform their unique style of Christmas show. Audiences can look forward to a fresh, uplifting and poignant evening.
"Oates & Spiers left the gaudy, commercialised crass-ness at home ... theirs is a Christmas for all"
[Gavin McNamara, Bristol24/7]
JACKIE OATES is an English folk musician, singer, performer and educator. Jackie lives in Oxfordshire with her young family. After 17 years and seven solo albums Jackie Oates is a central figure in the accomplished, informed and stylistically individual English traditional music scene that began in the early 2000s and continues to thrive. Regarded as one of the country?s best-loved folk performers, Jackie?s current focus is on collaborating with a diverse array of artists and commissions. Jackie Oates continues to bring elements of the English folk tradition to new people and places; in turn bringing a much-needed calm and joy to those who hear it. More at www.jackieoates.co.uk
JOHN SPIERS, better known in folk circles as ?Squeezy?, is one of the leading melodeon players of his generation. Well known for his partnership with Jon Boden, as well as being a member of Bellowhead, the most successful folk band in recent history.
John was also a member of Eliza Carthy?s band, featuring on her 2002 Mercury nominated album, Anglicana. He now plays with Peter Knight, fiddle player from Steeleye Span, and is also a member of the Gigspanner Big Band.
Mixing infectious dance tunes with incredibly sensitive and moving slow airs on a mind-boggling range of different squeezeboxes, John?s solo shows are a mixture of traditional material and his own more intricate compositions. More at www.johnspiers.co.uk
[Cover photo credit: Paul Strange]
Venue: Level access; free, on-site parking; bar; confectionery and crisps!

St Mary's Handbridge Centre

Venue Type

Community Centre

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Description

Overleigh Road,

Handbridge,

Chester,

Cheshire,

England,

CH4 7HL.

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