Plymouth's biggest open mic night hosted live right here in your SU every Thursday.

This week we're joined by Malavita!

 

Malavita! (The name at least) was conjured up on 21st February 2013 whilst on a flight to Cuba. A culmination of good friends, a love of music and a whole lot of determination set this project in motion many years before, but a chance collision of fresh blood, renewed fire in their bellies and using world music as their inspiration the group was reincarnated as Malavita!  Their genre defying sound fuses funky latin beats, heaps of percussion, soaring guitars, skanktastic bass lines, punchy horns and soulful female vocals to create a heady mixture of original, infectious feel good tunes. 8 eclectic, fun seeking musical misfits originating from Italy, France and the Deep South (Westcountry) come together to inspire you to dance, sing along and loose your inhibitions. Collectively on a mission to start the party and keep the dance floor jumping with their festival strength tropical sounds. 

The group have enjoyed several summers full of gigs and festivals and have played the epic Boomtown Fair, Greenman, Isle of Wight, Kendall Calling, Treufest, Beautiful Days, Port Eliot Festival, Tunes in the Dunes, Looe Music Festival , Tropical Pressure and Sunrise Festival to name a few.. 2021 Saw them back doing what they love at The Bimble Inn and paling the Main Stage at The Great Estate Festival just before the almighty Dutty Moonshine Big Band. The Calendar has been jam-packed full for 2021and bookings are already coming in for 2022 and beyond. 

Chai Wallah have supported the band and booked them for several shows now including their 20th Birthday party in Bristol at The Crofters rights which sold out in record time and had them as part of their roster for Greenman and Kendall Calling. 

They are regulars at some of the best music venues in the South West and have played at The Trinity Centre, The Canteen, The Leftbank &  Mr Wolfs in Bristol, The Bell Inn, Bath, The Phoenix & The Old Firehouse in Exeter & The Barrel House in Totnes. In London Malavita! have played Hootenanny Brixton, The Magic Garden in Battersea. They have have supported the superb Molotov Jukebox, Dutty Moonshine Big Band, The Undercover Hippy, Electric Swing Circus as well as The Cat Empire and The Brand New Heavies. Recent highlights have been The Bimble Inn @ Beautiful Days, Chai Wallah @ Greenman and Kashmir Cafe @ Isle of Wight Festival.

Malavita! released their first EP "we ain't makin biscuits" in 2014 and have since recorded their latest E.P "Flamingo Lingo" at Cube Recording Studios in Cornwall, released in April 2018 and available now across all digital platforms and on beautifully illustrated CD. 2020 was an unusual year to say the least but even a global pandemic couldn’t stop us writing. We are back in the Studio at the end of this year to record our first album, make new videos and to keep our live show evolving. We are back playing live and bringing good vibes and new music to some of the best music venues in the area, select special events and those festivals who against all odds have made it happen this year…. 

BAND MEMBERS:

• Boo (Bec Crispin) - Vocals
• Mat Cook - Guitar
• Tim Crook Giles - Bass
• Davide Berlanda - Percussion / Backing Vocals 
• Naomi Grower - Trumpet / Backing Vocals
• Ian Darbyshire - Saxophone
• Vincent Tourret - Trombone
• Charlie Stanier - Drums

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