Member Since: 9/29/2006
Band Website: faustusband.com
Band Members: Benji Kirkpatrick: Guitar, bouzouki and vocals
Paul Sartin: Fiddle, oboe and vocals
Saul Rose: Melodeons and vocals
Influences: The Sartin ancestry, all sorts of Kirkpatricks, Roses everywhere, Liza Carthy, Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, Jon and John, The Levellers, Led Zeppelin, Voice of the People, Mr Scruff, 60's folk revival, Norma Waterson, squeezebox players, guitar and bouzouki players, oboeists, fiddle players, morris dancing, The Band, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Hertfordshire and Hampshire and counties elsewhere too
Sounds Like: English Traditional Music.
Review of our first gig...
"We knew we were onto a winner. Anything involving Paul Sartin and Benji Kirkpatrick was bound to be well worth listening to - and with the excellent Saul Rose thrown in for good measure, how could it fail?
In fact, Faustus exceeded even our highest expectations. The arrangements were crisp and musical; the material was by turns joyful and moving; the presentation was both exuberant and committed; but above all, the chemistry - the sense of connection with each other, the material and the audience created a rare and precious atmosphere, the memory of which will live with us for a very long time.First gig? These three were together in a previous life and long may they continue in this one!"
Sandy & Graham Ball. Folk at the Oak, Corsham
Record Label: Navigator Records
Type of Label: Indie