Falmouth’s music and culture scene is set to burst this autumn with the creation of GyllyLive, a full-day extravaganza mixing music, poetry, performance and food – all served up against the glorious backdrop of Gyllyngvase Beach.
The new cultural concoction has been created thanks to a collaboration between the renowned Gyllyngvase Beach Café, Barefoot Productions and Rolling Sixes and the collective has magicked up a line-up that mixes storming vocals with laidback, folksy beach vibes, performance poetry and dance beats that will continue well into the night.
GyllyLive daytime will take place in a marquee on the beach and the team behind the event has announced the following performers:
Phantom Limb – This band boasts Massive Attack vocalist Yolanda Quartey. With recent shows at SXSW and Glastonbury Festival, resulting in support dates with Candi Staton. All the band members have written, recorded or toured with multi-platinum selling artists. Phantom Limb’s influences are clear but subtle – Gillian Welch, Aretha Franklin, The Band, Etta James, The Staple Singers. Phantom Limb delicately conveys the same disarming honesty that only comes from singing about the truth.
Louis Eliot & the Embers – Bringing us choruses aplenty that soar high above the Cornish landscape, Louis Eliot’s very own rural sound with its mix of country, folk and an unshakeable pop sensibility never fails to rouse. Heralded by Vogue magazine as a “country troubadour” and the Times as a “true pop genius”, Louis and his band have recently played shows at Glastonbury, Cornbury, Maker, Secret Garden Party and the Port Eliot Festival. Louis Eliot is the former main man of 1990s Britpop Romantics, Rialto, who enjoyed three UK top 40 hits and a top 20 album.
The Loose Salute – Homespun, country-inflected ballads that straddle the line between folk and rock, the Loose Salute have been described as ‘a country-rock St Etienne (Guardian) Straight from the launch of their critically acclaimed second album “Getting Over Being Under”, The Loose Salute will bring their laidback west coast sound to Falmouth’s new festival.
Murray Lachlan Young – Known for his punchy wit, brooding subtext and occasional attacks of unaccompanied erotic folk song, Murray made his name as a writer performer in the rock clubs and underground cabaret venues of London in the mid 1990s. His unique blend of dark satirical stand-up verse and prose shot to fame in 1996 when, signing to EMI, he became the first ever poet and spoken word performer to be given a £1 million record deal. Now a resident poet on 6 music and Radio 4, Murray’s genius wordplay, mesmerising alliteration and dynamic delivery captivates audiences from the moment he takes to the stage.
The line-up is also peppered with a range of local artists who are developing their own cult followings. Warming up the evenings will be Kola, a folk collective from this season’s September Festival and Relentless, energetic rock and rolling youngsters who were the runners-up at the recent Mabefest Battle of the Bands. By popular demand Falmouth’s Ice Cold Idiots will also be appearing, fresh from a festival tour with The Vproject and performances at Camp Bestival, Green Man and Port Eliot.
After 11pm Gyllylive will move inside the Gyllyngvase Beach Cafe with DJ Robin Parris creating a soulful mix of modern funk, break beat and electric house at the after party until 2am.
Simon Daw of Gylly Beach Cafe says, “Gylly is just the most magical location and we’ve been really keen to create a cool showcase event for some time now.
It’s going to be a perfect day and night for simply hanging out down here and soaking up the beats and the atmosphere – as well as filling-up with a whole host of scrummy food from our eclectic menu. We’ve purposefully kept the price right down for this inaugural event to ensure it’s amazing value for money for people too.”
Limited tickets are on sale now for ONLY £10.00 from the event website www.gyllylive.net or the Gylly Beach Cafe
