Taken from his new album Rose in June, we have the pleasure of sharing the video for Jon Boden’s Seven Bonnie Gypsies. The beautiful animation is by Marry Waterson.
We catch up with Jon Boden, our Artist of the Month, to talk about his new album ‘Rose in June’, a stand-alone work that ranks among the most accomplished, passionate and polished of his releases to date.
Rose in June is an endlessly varied and accomplished album that sees the Remnant Kings at the top of their game and shows just why Jon Boden is one of the most lauded folk musicians this century.
Jon Boden announces new album, ‘Rose In June’ due for release November 1st on Hudson Records. Listen to the lead single and title-track, a traditional song telling the tragic story of two fishermen who lost their lives when their ship capsized during a storm out on the North Sea.
Jon Boden has revealed that he has contributed a song for a text-based role-playing game (for iOS, Mac and PC) based around the legend of Robin Hood. Listen to “Living in the Greenwood”.
In November 2019, Jon Boden is taking to the road for a tour with the 6 piece Remnant Kings band. This tour also includes a very special show at the Union Chapel in London with the full 11 piece band. Watch them performing Bee Sting live.
As two fiddle players work their way through a traditional air in the downstairs bar of Cecil Sharp House, former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden (solo) prepares to take the stage in the main hall for an epic set of post-apocalyptic prog-folk.
Folk on Foot – which raced to No 1 in the iTunes music podcast chart on its launch day – will be back from October 19 and will feature Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Kerry Andrew, Fisherman’s Friends, Stick in the Wheel and Julie Fowlis.
Jon Boden embarks on a solo tour of Scotland in September and October and then in March 2019, Jon will hit the road with the three phenomenal string players from the Remnant Kings – Morven Bryce, Lucy Revis and Helen Bell.
Hudson Records have revealed a great live session featuring Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings performing Bee Sting, which was filmed and recorded live at Abbeydale Picturehouse in Sheffield earlier this year.
Eight years after the first of Jon Boden’s dystopian albums was released comes Afterglow, an urban tapestry of sound and stories that leaves one impatient for the final chapter. Here he discusses the albums’ conceptions, folk sociology and the art of leaving space.
Afterglow is a full, large scale and grand piece of work that is as intelligent as it is entertaining, and it confirms Jon Boden as one of the most interesting and exciting British singers and arrangers currently working.
