Melodeon player: Gigspanner Big Band, Saltlines, Spiers & Boden, Bellowhead, Jackie Oates & John Spiers. "The Real Deal" Robert Plant (after a Saltlines show)
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Joined December 2009
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John Spiers retweeted
Brilliant @boden_jon and @squeezyjohn gig this evening @RevelationAsh
They just get better and better! 🎶
John Spiers retweeted
This morning I cancelled our family holiday to America. I cannot in good conscience take my wife and children there and tell them they will be safe. The United States is no longer a place for decent people.
thetimes.com/article/78f4046…
John Spiers retweeted
We have a winner! After counting up over 500 votes, we're pleased to say that The Gigspanner Big Band are the winners of our 2025 Readers' Choice poll.
John Spiers retweeted
'A musical tour de force - breathtakingly brilliant' - #Folk London magazine reviewer Brian Cope picks Gigspanner Big Band's 'Turnstone' as his album of the year.
John Spiers retweeted
'Free Palestine"=Racist and unacceptable.
'Death to Arabs'= Just a bit of football banter.
Hope that clarifies.
John Spiers retweeted
Proof Richard Tice was wearing an upside down Union Jack on @bbcquestiontime The tv image on the left is blurry but you can just make out the blob of the finial that tops the flagpole at the bottom right of his badge. #FlagGate
John Spiers retweeted
NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCEMENT:
We're delighted to announce that we're going back on the road in Feb/Mar 2026 and that tickets are going on sale today.
Ticket links and details available from spiersandboden.com/live-date…
Make sure to get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
John Spiers retweeted
Charlie Kirk is a horrible lying grifter,
but that doesn't mean he deserves to be shot.
If you're celebrating this you're a ghoul.
John Spiers retweeted
'The album's such an incredible achievement' - @themarkrad @BBCRadio2 #folk show welcomes Gigspanner Big Band to the Salford studio to play numbers from new release 'Turnstone' - from 14mins 05 in bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002hb…
John Spiers retweeted
Hotfoot from the festival circuit & UK tour the superlative Gigspanner Big Band will be live in session @BBCRadio2 #folk show a week tomorrow (27th) performing tracks from their latest album 'Turnstone' & chatting to @themarkrad
@squeezyjohn @edgelarks
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hbz…
John Spiers retweeted
We always enjoy the folk music at the lovely Unicorn Theatre #Abingdon promoted by @musicatunicorn The line up this autumn includes @roswellroad_duo The Lost Trades @chrisfoxmusic Peter Knight & John Spiers @squeezyjohn and in December IOTA
John Spiers retweeted
Those of us who turned out for Gigspanner Big Band at The Tung Auditorium following the withdrawal of #raynorwinn were treated to an incredible, multi-instrument performance by a ridiculously talented six-piece.
John Spiers retweeted
Exclusive:
The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting the enclave’s economy with a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone”
ft.com/content/0b1bc761-c572…
John Spiers retweeted
🚨 This is Rod Liddle.
- 1 conviction for punching his pregnant ex.
- 1 article where he explained he couldn’t be a teacher because he “could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids”
- 1 immediately walked back call for the bombing of Glastonbury & Brighton.
John Spiers retweeted
The candidates for The Mayor of Ock St elections are as follows
Harry Knight
Rob Charlton #abingdon @LaylaMoran
@theabingdontaxi @OxMailAndyF @TheOxfordMail @OxTweets @AbingdonTC @AbingdonTownMag @TheHeraldSeries @FolkCalendar @MorrisHub @BBCOxford @WhatsOnAbingdon @OpenMorris
John Spiers retweeted
As part of our mission to join the 21st century, all of the @Gigspanner Big Band albums are now available to buy for users of Bandcamp.
Downloads are also available direct from the Gigspanner website (where we get to keep all the money!)
gigspanner.bandcamp.com
John Spiers retweeted
Review of last Saturday's show here @StEdithFolk by @Gigspanner Big Band
fatea-records.co.uk/magazine…
John Spiers retweeted
If you haven't been able to get to one of the Gigspanner Big Band album launch tour gigs where we've been playing the majority of the tracks from Turnstone - we're doing a live-streaming gig this Sunday 20th April at 7.30pm where you can enjoy the show.
folkscape.live
