Spiers and Boden

It was a slightly subdued East Neuk audience that welcomed Spiers & Boden and Saltfishforty to the stage at the Byre Theatre, St Andrews on Friday, perhaps that was due to the heat of the warm July night. The boys, however, didn’t take long to rouse the audience and by the end of the night the quartet had the normally reserved St Andrew’s audience taping and clapping away they way …

English folk music crosses borders: Next month – thanks to the Scottish Arts Council Tune Up touring scheme – Spiers & Boden will hit the road with their first full tour of Scotland on a double-headline bill with Orkney traditional Scottish duo Saltfishforty. Look out for them at Oran Mor in Glasgow, The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen, Eden Court in Inverness, An Lanntair in Stornoway and more.