BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201119T200000 RDATE:20210328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T010000 RDATE:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 RDATE:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 RDATE:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 RDATE:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 RDATE:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210328T020000 RDATE:20211031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T020000 RDATE:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 RDATE:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 RDATE:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 RDATE:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9141a1822bf8eab3076d9c769fc8a2f0 CATEGORIES:Online Performance CREATED:20210830T122120 SUMMARY:Jackie Oates and John Spiers = #LiveToYourLivingRoom LOCATION:#LiveToYourLivingRoom DESCRIPTION:\nMulti award-winning contemporary folk duo Jackie Oates and John Spiers me ld together their love of English traditional folk tunes and songs with the ir voices and acoustic instruments, resulting in a fresh sound that is upli fting, joyful and poignant.\nOates and Spiers first started playing togethe r during spontaneous guest spots at Nettlebed Folk Club. They began playing extended sets and working on material from their native Oxfordshire, inclu ding the ‘Lace Tells’ that form Jackie’s radio ballad ‘The Lacemakers – the Lost Art Of Telling’. Their album, ‘Needle Pin, Needle Pin’ is very much a homespun album, recorded as live during the first weeks of January 2020. T he album features tunes and songs from the Oxfordshire area, and comes as a limited edition, handstamped, hand made album.\n“It’s a treat to listen to , with joyful pieces like Congleton Bear (telling an unusual story from the Cheshire town) and a brandy-based pair of slip jigs particularly full of s unshine. Oates and Spiers are a fine match, the tunes elegantly paced and p layed, while Oates remains one of our finest singers.” (Folk Witness)\nJack ie Oates is a mainstay of English traditional music. Regarded as one of the country’s best loved folk performers, Jackie’s current focus is on collabo rating with a diverse array of artists and commissions. Following the death of her much-loved dad five days after the birth of her first child, Jackie ’s 2018 album The Joy Of Living reached beyond the past lives in folk song to the lived experience of all of us. The Guardian called it “utterly gorge ous… moving, depth-filled.” Since then, Jackie has released classic covers with Scritti Politti’s Rhodri Marsden, researched pagan Bath for the maveri cks at Lush cosmetics, been Artist In Residence at the Twitter-famous Museu m of English Rural Life, lent her voice and musicianship to CBeebies’ Nick Cope’s Popcast, and begun an ongoing mixed media work about the history of lace telling. 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.\nwww.JackieOates.co.uk (https://www.jackieoates. co.uk/)\nJohn Spiers, known better in folk circles as Squeezy, has made a n ame for himself as one of the leading squeezebox players of his generation. Well known for his long-standing duo partnership with Jon Boden in the for midable Spiers & Boden as well as his contribution to the massively pop ular Bellowhead, John has also played with Eliza Carthy’s Ratcatchers and a number of local folk-dance bands.\nwww.JohnSpiers.co.uk\nInformation and t ickets: https://livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/jackie-oates-and-john-spier s/\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Multi award-winning con temporary folk duo Jackie Oates and John Spiers meld together their love of English traditional folk tunes and songs with their voices and acou stic instruments, resulting in a fresh sound that is uplifting, joyful and poignant.
Oates and Spiers first started playing together during spon taneous guest spots at Nettlebed Folk Club. They began playing extended set s and working on material from their native Oxfordshire, including the ‘Lac e Tells’ that form Jackie’s radio ballad ‘The Lacemakers – the Lost Art Of Telling’. Their album, ‘Needle Pin, Needle Pin’ is very much a homespun alb um, recorded as live during the first weeks of January 2020. The album feat ures tunes and songs from the Oxfordshire area, and comes as a limited edit ion, handstamped, hand made album.
“It’s a treat to listen to, wi th joyful pieces like Congleton Bear (telling an unusual story from the Che shire town) and a brandy-based pair of slip jigs particularly full of sunsh ine. Oates and Spiers are a fine match, the tunes elegantly paced and playe d, while Oates remains one of our finest singers.” (Folk Witness)
< p>Jackie Oates is a mainstay of English traditional music. 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. Follow ing the death of her much-loved dad five days after the birth of her first child, Jackie’s 2018 album The Joy Of Living reached beyond the past lives in folk song to the lived experience of all of us. The Guardian called it “ utterly gorgeous… moving, depth-filled.” Since then, Jackie has released cl assic covers with Scritti Politti’s Rhodri Marsden, researched pagan Bath f or the mavericks at Lush cosmetics, been Artist In Residence at the Twitter -famous Museum of English Rural Life, lent her voice and musicianship to CB eebies’ Nick Cope’s Popcast, and begun an ongoing mixed media work about th e history of lace telling. Jackie Oates continues to bring elements of the English folk tradition to new people and places; in turn bringing a much ne eded calm and joy to those who hear it.John Spiers, known better in folk circles as Squeezy, has made a nam e for himself as one of the leading squeezebox players of his generation. W ell known for his long-standing duo partnership with Jon Boden in the formi dable Spiers & Boden as well as his contribution to the massively popul ar Bellowhead, John has also played with Eliza Carthy’s Ratcatchers and a n umber of local folk-dance bands.
Informati on and tickets: https://livetoyourlivin groom.com/events/jackie-oates-and-john-spiers/
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