Jon Boden
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Jon Boden is nothing if not industrious, one half of the award winning Spiers and Boden, one eleventh of the award winning Bellowhead and a solo artist to boot.
Jon has toured internationally with Bellowhead, performed on Later with Jools Holland (alongside Thom Yorke and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and also made two televised appearances at the BBC 2008 Proms. Bellowhead were recently appointed Band in Residence at London’s South Bank Centre, following in the footsteps of St Etienne.
Additionally, Jon has appeared at countless prestigious festivals throughout the UK and has also composed several theatre scores, most recently for the RSC's Merchant of Venice, 2008
Born in Chicago in 1977, he grew up in Winchester, graduated in Mediaeval Studies from Durham University and since becoming a father, has since settled in the South Yorkshire dales.
1977 Born in Chicago but grew up in Winchester
1998 Graduated Medieval Studies at Durham (BA)
2000 Graduated Composition for Theatre at London College of Music (MMus)
RELEASES
2009 Songs From The Floodplain (Navigator)
2006 Painted Lady Jon Boden (Soundpost)
THEATRE
2008 Merchant of Venice: Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon
2008 The Juniper Tree: Goat and Monkey Theatre (touring)
2007 Composers’ Workshop National Theatre
2006 Robin Hood: Creation Theatre Oxford
2006 St George and the Dragon: Warwick Arts Centre
2005/6 Jason and the Argonauts: Revived for national tour
2004 Julius Caeser: The Menier Chocolate Factory
2003 Tamburlaine: The Rose Theatre, Southwark
2003 Jason and the Argonauts: Battersea Arts Centre
2002 Macbeth: Cambridge Arts
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Songs From The Floodplain
The album is the story of a post apocalypse England, the actual cause of the nightmare remains unclear, yet floods cover much of the land and society has broken down. How would any of us cope in that situation? Boden puts it simply 'When hard times come knocking, We do what we can'. It's a case of turning back to the land, yet it is a land marred by pollution where the cities have become the wastelands, roads overgrown with weeds. Society clings to quaint custom, preachers talk of judgement day whilst burning books rain ash on the fields like snow.
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Official site: www.jonboden.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/jjboden
Spiers and Boden: www.spiersandboden.com
Bellowhead: www.bellowhead.co.uk
Navigator Records: www.navigator-store.com/