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THERE’S a full house for the last knockings of Faustus’s autumn tour, which has included a first visit to Germany, where an award for best folk album of 2017 generated a fair deal of recent interest.
The audience, mostly older than the three members of the band, lap up material from Death and Other Animals, the recording which delivered that German accolade.
There’s a fine rapport and easy musical understanding between Paul Sartin (violin), Saul Rose (melodeon) and Benji Fitzpatrick (guitar), borne not just of years on the road but of a mutual dedication to the integrity of what they are doing, in a group without an individual driving force. That’s easy to see in the division of labour, with each member sharing the load of storytelling, singing and general chit-chat, even at the merchandise stall during the break.
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