Spencer Cullum, Erin Rae and Hollow Hand
- Friday, march 19, 2027
- 8:00 PM-11:00 PM
- The Hope & Ruin 11-12 Queens Road, Brighton and Hove BN1 3WA, United Kingdom
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Revelry in the great hall, Banquet Rock forever.
It is 5am in Nashville, the birds are just starting to sing, which makes it 11am in Brighton. Max and Spencer are firing up another Zoom session to write some songs. With no particular plan in mind, this is how Banquet Rock began.
“We’ve played music together for a few years but hadn’t managed to write, until now,” Max explains. “It was winter, we were texting about Steeleye Span (as usual) and started watching the 1974 BBC Electric Folk banquet concert.”
With a shared love for Clannad’s Robin of Sherwood OST and children’s TV adventure shows from the early 1990s (Knightmare, Incredible Games), Max and Spencer continued to collect new songs and work towards recording an album. Spencer: “It has always amused us that a few melodies on our records seem to have wandered in from the soundtracks of the programs we grew up watching.”
At this time they invited Erin Rae to add her take to the project. “The demos Max and Spencer produced for the songs were so well put together that it was just a lot of fun for all of us to realize them at Chale, in the room together. It was magical to be there in January, and I feel honored that I got to be part of the project with these musicians and artists, who are also great friends.”
The trio then recruited Dom Billett, Rich Ruth and Harry Bohay to celebrate all things Banquet, and to record the new album at Chale Abbey on the Isle of Wight in the winter of 2026. They will present Banquet Rock live at The Hope & Ruin in Brighton on 19/03/2027 at 20h.
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The Hope & Ruin
11-12 Queens Road, Brighton and Hove BN1 3WA, United Kingdom