After almost 30 years making music and performing together, this year will see the last Belshazzar’s Feast tour around the UK, and it’s coming to South Street.
“You’ve already had too much of a good thing,” the duo say. “We’ve long outstayed our welcome in the travelodges, service stations and garden centres of the world, so it’s high time we headed for new pastures/were put out to grass.
“Catch us while you can.”
The tour is based on their final album, released just before Christmas. It is called, appropriately,
That’s All Folkies!, and features new music plus fresh arrangements and recordings of the duo’s favourites from their previous nine albums.
Audiences can look forward to an inspired mix of songs and tunes, both modern and traditional), which combine to create a heart-warming, beautiful and frequently hilarious evening of music and entertainment.
Acclaimed musicians Paul Sartin (oboe, violin, swanee whistle and vocals) and Paul Hutchinson (accordion) have entertained audiences across the UK, Australia and beyond with their eclectic and eccentric mix of tunes, songs and humour that aims to send audiences home with a smile.
As Belshazzar’s Feast, they have previously released nine critically acclaimed albums across their twenty five-year career.
Their first winter-themed album, Frost Bites, earned them a nomination for Best Duo at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Their previous album, The Whiting’s On The Wall is “one of the most intimate and entertaining live albums I’ve heard” according to the Songlines reviewer.
Tickets cost £18.50, and the gig takes place on Thursday, May 5. For more details, or to book log on to: https://whatsonreading.com/venues/south-street/whats-on/belshazzars-feast or call the box office on 0118 960 6060.
And for more on the group, log on to: www.belshazzarsfeast.com
