Kentish Express Ashford & District

Come along for a feast of folk music and lots of laughter

- By Vicky Castle

Bellowhead star Paul Sartin is set to perform at Revelation as one half of folk duo Belshazzar’s Feast.

The talented musician, who is also known as one of the celebrated three-piece folk band Faustus, will join forces with Paul Hutchinson on the second destinatio­n of their UK tour.

Belshazzar’s Feast offers feisty folk music, wry humour, hair-raising talent and warm on-stage banter.

Sartin and Hutchinson have been playing together in this outfit since 1995.

In 2014, to celebrate 20 years together, the pair released their first live album The Whiting’s On The Wall.

It was recorded over two nights at The Pound in Corsham, Wiltshire, and critics praised the atmospheri­c and intimate sound.

This will be Sartin’s third Revelation performanc­e after appearing in the 2015 Broken Hearted Ballads show, which also featured folk stars Emily Portman and James Fagan.

He returned again in 2015 with Faustus.

Sartin’s recent compositio­n The Hartlepool Monkey was nominated for a British Academy of Songwriter­s, Composers and Authors Award and both Bellowhead and Faustus have received a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.

He has also received a 75th anniversar­y award from the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

Hutchinson is a talented accordion player with a unique style inspired by church organ music, violins and concertina­s.

He is also an experience­d workshop leader who teaches at Cecil Sharp House on a regular basis, Hands On weekends, Folkworks Summer Schools and Halsway Manor.

Tickets are on sale, from £14, and can be booked by calling Revelation on 01233 663201 or at revelation­ashford.co.uk.

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Folk duo Belshazzar’s Feast will perform at Revelation

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