Plymouth Respect Festival: Music

Main stage
Saturday	Timing	Act
1100 - 1120	20mins	Parade Arrives	Welcome's
1130 - 1200	20mins	Song for Respect	Kauldron Plym Music Zone
1230 - 1300	30mins	Crooked Tempo	Samba
1330 - 1400	30mins	Street factory TBC	Hip hop / dance
1430 - 1515	45mins	Fanfara	Eastern European Brass
1545 - 1630	45mins	Reggaskas	Ska- Reggae
1700 - 1745	45mins	Haunt the woods	Cornish Folk
1800 - 1830	30mins	Kouatchou	African folk
1900 - 2000	1hr	Yaaba Funk	African highlife/ Funk

SATURDAY'S PERFORMANCES

Yaaba Funk on stage @ 7pm

Yaaba Funk! 21^st century Hi-Life!

Imagine Fela Kuti's legendary Shrine club relocated to South London.

Yaaba Funk! Vivid touches of contemporary London added to the 70s heyday of Ghanaian Hi-Life. P-Funk style synth bass, psychedelic desert blues and deep percussion. Family Stone inflected horns and up front the vibrant high energy duo of Chief Commander Richmond Kessie and Helen 'Lady Yaaba' McDonald.

Yaaba Funk! Technicolour blasts of sound and vision. A sixteen legged groove machine that leaves not a stationary soul in sight.

2014 saw Yaaba Funk's second album, My Vote Dey Count released by the excellent Sterns label, a Yaaba Funk remix competition run by French DJ magazine Starwax and Yaaba Funk at WOMAD Charlton Park for the first time where, on the hottest day of the year they drew a packed crowd to the Radio 3/Charlie Gillett stage.

2014 ended with a collaborative show entitled Hi-Life with acclaimed Brixton-based painter Abe Odedina, one of whose works adorns the cover of Yaaba Funk's My Vote Dey Count LP.

2015 sees plans for another collaborative show, this time with contemporary dance company Union Dance and a timely election year 'My Vote Dey Count' UK tour.

Vote with your hearts, your minds and your dancing feet! Vote Yaaba Funk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L6ojcRP_EQ see them here

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Fanfara

Are leading the parade, meet at the guildhall 10.30am not to be missed also on stage @ 2.30pm

Fanfara plays music in the style of Eastern European brass bands - the best know being the Roma groups Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania), Boban Markovic (Serbia) and Original Kocani Orkestar (Macedonia). Fanfara were originally inspired by Fanfare Ciocarlia, and gained expert tuition whilst staying with members of the band in their home village of Zece Prăjini. Since then, members of Fanfara continue to visit and study with musicians from Romania, Serbia and Macedonia.

The Reggaskas

A Eight Piece Band Playing Original Alternative Music With An Unique But Cheeky Ska/Reggae Vibe.  The Reggaskas, teamed up with cancer freedom fighters ‘Balls to Cancer’ to release “Who’s the Daddy” just in time for Father’s Day. The Reggaskas are causing waves on the South Devon coast and are one of the brightest new bands in UK.

Haunt the Woods

Haunt the Woods are an alternative folk rock band hailing from the shires of Cornwall. With a new and unique sound that combines their love of tradional and modern folk music along with gorgeous harmonies and spellbinding guitar, their live show really captures the energy and essence of the bands love and passion for music. (don't miss these guys are going places)

Crooked Tempo

Crooked Tempo are a funky community samba band based In Devon.

Est 2001

They have have supported us many times with their great Brazilian carnival percussion.

SUNDAY'S PERFORMANCES

The Turbans on stage @4pm

The Turbans is an international musical collective bringing together exciting traditional near-eastern and eastern-European styles and original compositions, to create a modern and energetic performance with reverence for its ancient roots.

Growing from the intertwining paths of many talented musicians travelling the world, this extraordinary project has grown in a few years from very humble beginnings, into a progressive name on the London music scene. It's members have gathered from countries such as Turkey, Bulgaria, Israel, Iran, Italy, Greece and England to perform in concerts and festivals around the UK, Turkey, India and Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmWl555nHk see them here

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Main stage
Sunday	Timing	Act
1100 - 1130	30mins	Beat Breakers	Street Dance
1145 - 1215	30mins	Co Op Big Band	19 Piece
1230 - 1315	45mins	Flying Orchestra	Thumping Rhythms
1330 - 1415	45mins	RSVP	Bhangra
1445 - 1530	45mins	Blue Spots	Roots, Rocksteady, Ska & Reggae
1600 - 1700	45mins	The Turbans	Not to be missed

RSVP Bhangra

RSVP are spearheading the renaissance of live Bhangra in the UK and introducing Bhangra to mainstream audiences for the first time. Veterans at Glastonbury (5 years in a row) and festival favourites at Larmer Tree, Bath International, Port Eliot and many other festivals across the country they're always guaranteed to get even the most reluctant on their feet and dancing fit to drop.

With musicians drawn from one family, wholly rooted in an authentic living tradition, yet unafraid to innovate, this is the ultimate celebratory Indian music. Every show comes with an introduction to Bhangra dance - everyone's included with RSVP's emphasis on partying Punjabi style. RSVP will be bringing their Big Bhangra Beats and engaging, interactive vibe to Plymouth Respect Festival on Sunday 21st June Get out your dancing shoes and get ready to party big time.

For more information on the group visit www.rsvpmusic.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJmJGRUO3Y see them here

The BlueSpots