The Dreaming Spires

Live Review: Bennett & Wilson + Dropkick, Glasgow Americana Festival @Room 2, Glasgow – 6th October 2023

October 12, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Nestled midway within this year’s Glasgow Americana Festival’s line up was a rather surprising billing, Bennett & Wilson, two thirds of the trailblazing Bennett Wilson & Poole whose incendiary gig at the festival back in 2019 […]

Live Review: Wood Festival, Braziers Park, South Oxfordshire – 19th to 21st May 2023

May 30, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 0

The Wood Festival is a relatively small, family friendly affair organised by brothers Joe and Robin Bennett. It’s held in the grounds of Braziers Park, a gothic mansion nestling in the hills of South Oxfordshire, which […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Graham Bollands

September 1, 2022 GrahamBollands 2

Let’s start this in a familiar way! Yes, what an incredibly difficult task it is to make this list. Not just because putting together any countdown of ‘best albums’ is a huge challenge and so dependent […]

Interview: Talking the post pandemic festival blues with Brighthelmstone’s Jim Walker

August 22, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Real post lockdown challenges being faced by Mid Sussex Music and Ale Festival. Back in August 2019 AUK spoke with Jim Walker, managing director of Brighton based Brighthelmstone Promotions, about his third annual Mid-Sussex Music and […]

Classic Clips: The Dreaming Spires “All Kinds Of People” BBC “Andrew Marr Show”.

August 12, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

There is a wealth of classic music clips available these days, allowing one to vicariously enjoy moments which stretch over the years since the advent of film. Never seen The Doors or Jefferson Airplane or The […]