Jon Boden (born 1977) is an English fiddle player and folk singer. He was born in Chicago but grew up in Winchester, England. He has degrees in Medieval Studies from Durham and Composition for Theatre from London College of Music. He plays fiddle as part of the duo
Spiers & Boden, the band
Bellowhead and up until 2007,
Eliza Carthy's band
The Ratcatchers. In 2009 he is touring with his new backing band
The Remnant Kings. He has also written a number of theatre scores. Jon and his partner, folk singer
Fay Hield (of
The Witches of Elswick) have a daughter, Polly, born 2006, a…
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