Faustus 'Cotton Lords' Tour at The Half Moon Putney

Half Moon, 93 Lower Richmond Road, Putney
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This event ended on Sunday 3rd of February 2019
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£12 adv/£14 door
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The Half Moon
Lower Richmond Road, SW15 1EU
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Putney 0.44 miles

FAUSTUS are delighted to announce their second UK ‘Cotton Lords’ Tour, during which they will be presenting their brand new EP of tracks from the ongoing Cotton Famine Poetry project.
For the last few months Faustus have been sifting through publications and journals of the 19th Century Lancashire Cotton Famine period, as part of a project based at the University of Exeter to archive, preserve, and rehabilitate the poetry of this distressing chapter of working-class history. As featured on BBC Radio 4, they have set some of the texts to new music, released on EP by Westpark Music.

Faustus are an established name in the English folk scene made up of three of the best-known and talented English folk musicians – Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast), Benji Kirkpatrick (Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman Band), and Saul Rose (Waterson: Carthy, Whapeazel, War Horse). Rooted deeply in English tradition in 2007 they received a 75th Anniversary Award from the English Folk Dance and Song Society, were nominated in 2009 For a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award, received the 2017 German Critics Award (Schallplatenkritik Bestenliste) in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter/World Music category and are nominees for the 2018 German Malzhaus Plauen Preise.

Photo Credit: Luke Pajak.co.uk

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