Funk The Revolution
based in
Filling your dance floor with an array of Soul, Funk & Pop hits both old & new, Funk The Revolution are cool, stylish and full of groove! Professional musicians, the band's members have worked across the world performing with artists such as Jamiroquai, M People & Brand New Heavies plus gracing the stages of Glastonbury & Love Box!
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2010’s Dance Floor Stompers
UPTOWN FUNK –Bruno Mars
TREASURE- Bruno Mars
LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN- Bruno Mars
FINESSE - Bruno Mars
GET LUCKY- Pharrell Williams
HAPPY- Pharrell Williams
I CAN’T FEEL MY FACE- The Weekend
LOVE ON TOP- Beyoncé
HEAVEN- Emeli Sande
WAITING ALL NIGHT- Rudimental
RATHER BE- Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynn
2000’s Groovers
AMERICAN BOY- Estelle
CRAZY- Gnarls Barkley
BEGGIN’- Madcon
MERCY- Duffy
7 NATION ARMY- The White Stripes
BLACK & GOLD- Sam Sparrow
VALERIE- Amy Winehouse
CRAZY IN LOVE- Beyoncé
DON’T STOP THE MUSIC- Rihanna
80’s/90’s Party Starters
AIN’T NOBODY- Chaka Khan
SOMEBODY ELSE GUY- Jocelyn Brown
WE ARE FAMILY- Sister Sledge
ALL THIS LOVE- Gwen McCrae
KISS- Prince
YOU GOT THE LOVE- Candi Staton/Joss Stone
CAN YOU FEEL IT- Jackson Five
I’M COMING OUT- Diana Ross
UPSIDE DOWN- Diana Ross
NEVER TOO MUCH- Luther Vandross
PYT- Michael Jackson
60’s/70’s Disco Classics
LE FREAK- Chic
GOOD TIMES- Chic
EVERYBODY DANCE- Chic
LOST IN MUSIC- Sister Sledge
THINKING OF YOU- Sister Sledge
I WISH- Stevie Wonder
SUPERSTITION- Stevie Wonder
AS- Stevie Wonder
HIGHER GROUND- Stevie Wonder
RESPECT- Aretha Franklin
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)- James Brown
LONG TRAIN RUNNING- The Doobie Brothers
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC- Wild Cherry
SEPTEMBER- Earth Wind & Fire
SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED -Stevie Wonder
First Dance
ALL OF ME- John Legend
AT LAST- Etta James
THINKING OUT LOUD- Ed Sheeran
BETTER TOGETHER- Jack Johnson
L.O.V.E. - Nat King Cole
I'M YOURS - Jason Mraz
HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY - Van Morrison
LOVELY DAY - Bill Withers
THOUSAND YEARS - Christina Perrie
LETS STAY TOGETHER - Al Green
Jazz Accoustic Set (see booking options for details)
Moon Dance – Van Morrison
Lady Is A Tramp - Sinatra
L-O-V-E - Sinatra
Mac The Knife – Bobby Darin
Hit The Road Jack
Fly Me To The Moon - Sinatra
Nature Boy – Nat King Cole
Summertime – Billie Holiday
King Of The Swingers
Wonderwall – Oasis Jazzy Version
The Girl From Ipanema – Stan Getz
Fever – Peggy Lee
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Frank Sinatra
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
Mercy Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye
Sunrise - Norah Jones
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Layla – Eric Clapton
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Use Me – Bill Withers
Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers
Sitting On the Dock of The Bay- Otis Redding
Walk On By – Dionne Warwick
What You Won’t Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
Hotel California – The Eagles
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Someone Like You – Adele
Son Of A Preacher Man- Dusty Springfield
Everything – Michael Buble
You Might Need Somebody – Randy Crawford
Fast Car – Tracey Chapman
Your Song- Elton John
"Davinia's voice is stunning. We had so much fun!!"
Funk the Revolution played in the evening at our wedding and they were even better than we expected! The set list we chose from had a great selection ...
"Amazing! Kept the dance floor moving.."
Thank you so very much to Funk The Revolution for a fantastic performance at our wedding. Funk The Revolution were the first thing I booked, even befo...
"The WHOLE night I just had all my guests coming up to me to telling me how incre..."
More than lived up to expectations! The WHOLE night I just had all my guests coming up to me to telling me how incredible the band were, to ask how I ...
"Funk The Revolution were awesome!"
Ben and I just wanted to say a huge thanks for playing at our wedding! Funk the Revolution were awesome! I think it's testament to just how great they...
"The quality and the amount effort they went to to make sure we had the best wedd..."
Fabulous! Such a great performance. Everyone was on the dance for the entire time and didn't want it to end! They definitely lived up to expectations ...
"Couldn't be happier with our choice. Thank you guys, you knocked it out of the p..."
Fantastic performers, great vocals, very accommodating. Everyone had a great time and the dance floor was packed even after they left! We paid the ext...
"They were just fabulous – the lead man Andy has been so helpful. Everyone had a ..."
We were very pleased with Funk The Revolution. They were just fabulous – the lead man Andy has been so helpful. Everyone had a great time!
"Funk the revolution were amazing!"
Funk the revolution were amazing! Perfect song choices and kept everyone dancing!
"They were both professional and excellent. The feedback I received was brilliant..."
The band were great - communicated well prior to the event, dealt with the events manager at the hotel on the day so I actually didn't end up meeting ...
"I would recommend Funk The Revolution to anyone who wants a great sounding live ..."
Very professional from the first minute, I would recommend Funk The Revolution to anyone who wants a great sounding live band with a brilliant uplifti...
- Professional musicians bringing a sweet combination of experience and passion, allowing them to play anything from Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder to Rudimental and Emeli Sande. Davinia’s soulful vocals roar through any genre from pop to funk and everything in-between.
- Using the industries top quality backing tracks, Funk The Revolution are able to create performances including horns and synth bringing a larger fuller sound.
- Members have worked across the world with artists such as Jamiroquai, M People & Brand New Heavies plus gracing the stages of Glastonbury & Love Box!
- Performed at some of the U.K’s most renowned venues including Jazz Café, Ronnie Scotts, Ministry of Sound, Brixton Academy, Shepherds Bush Empire and o2 Academy.
Line up:
Default lineup: 4 members
4 Piece Band: Female Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals, Bass and Backing Vocals, Drums and Backing Vocals and high quality backing tracks.
Funk The Revolution are a fresh, vibrant London based band ready to bring the party to your event, nationwide. With a natural funk sound, this eclectic mix of musicians brings a sweet combination of experience and passion, allowing them to play anything from Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder to Rudimental and Emeli Sande. Davinia’s soulful vocals roar through any genre from pop to funk and everything in-between.
With the industries top quality backing tracks, Funk The Revolution are able to create performances including horns and synth bringing a larger fuller sound. You’d be forgiven for thinking there were 6-8 musicians rocking the stage - all for the budget of a 4 piece.
Collectively the band have played some of the U.K’s most renowned venues including, Jazz Café, Ronnie Scotts, Ministry of Sound, Brixton Academy, Shepherds Bush Empire and o2 Academy. The members have a wealth of experience under their belt. Sharing the stage with top artists including, Jamiroqua, SouIllSoul, Nitin Sawney, The Brand New Heavies, MPeople and many more touring the world playing a variety of stages from arenas to legendary festivals including, Glastonbury, Bestival, BoomTown Fair and Download. They are equally at home playing events from weddings to cooperate events and Galas.
Meet The Band
Layla Ley – Main Lead Vocals
At age 11, Layla was singing with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra ( NYJO founded by Sir Bill Ashton) and continued to attend their educational workshops for 7years, and performed with the Jazz Big Band in various places around the UK such as The 100 Club in London, Wigan Jazz Festival, Epsom Downs Horse Racing Derby and many more.
Layla has had the honour of provided backing vocals for Espa, Marcus Foster, BBDiamond, Joseph J Jones, Alpines. performing at many Festivals such as ‘Lovebox’ ‘Secret Garden Party’ and “Glastonbury’ and has been on two Tours playing at venues such as Hammersmith Apollo and Manchester O2 Academy.
In 2008, Layla featured on Sam Smiths Album as a backing vocalist.
Davinia– DEP Lead Vocals
Davinia has a young, funky style and coupled nicely with mature and passionate vocals that breeze through styles from soul to pop and funk. Her repertoire covers songs beyond her years, stretching from 1950’s to current chart material.
Andy– Band Leader, Drums/Backing Vocals
Andy has had the opportunity to share stages with the likes of Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies, M People, Soul2Soul, Nitin Sawney and John Mayall and The Blues Breakers ft Eric Clapton on Guitar). Andy has also had the honour of recording for producer Toni Economides, Louie Vega from Masters at Work and Robert Miles. Studied a music degree at BIMM London.
Has had the recent opportunity to play with the likes of Mo Pleasure (MD Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire, Ray Charles) Zalon Thompson (Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson) and Gareth Brown (Drummer for– Westlife, Paloma Faith, Lily Allen). Edoardo has also had extensive experience as a sound engineer standing along side some of the U.K finest sound engineers. Studied a music degree at BIMM London.
Edoardo - Bass/Backing Vocals
He is a bass and double bass player and has performed in the UK and all around Europe with various bands featuring a wide range of musical genres. He got a degree in Jazz music and a bass diploma, both with honours, and he likes to share his experience in live performance and knowledge of theory/harmony teaching music and bass guitar. He was in the band of Chantae Cann in her London gig in 2017 and he has a Bass&Voice duo where he challenges himself to develop a rhytmic and harmonic approach on the instrument using loop and fxs.
Please note: Funk The Revolution have recently had a change in lead singer. For any bookings confirmed before this change took place, don’t worry, the band’s old singer Davina will be honouring your event. Please speak to your Alive Network co-coordinator for more information.
Choose any of the following booking options when you hire Funk The Revolution from Alive Network
- Additional Male Lead Singer Add £288
Add
- 3 Piece Brass Section Add £786
with Sax, Trumpet and Trombone
- 2 Piece Brass Section Add £524
with Trumpet and Sax
- Keyboard Player Add £288
Add
- Acoustic Jazz Trio Add £458
1 x 60 minutes set with guitar, vocals and cajon
- 1am Finish Add £210
For the standard 4 piece band to finish at 1am
- Free Music Playlist Offer Free
Book Funk The Revolution within 7 days of making your enquiry and receive their pre-mixed music playlist to be played between the band's live sets free of charge!
- Free first dance request Free
Funk The Revolution will learn you first dance free of charge
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