Booka Win Over Forbidden Fruit Crowd

Booka, who started out with a strict line-up of brass musicians and lively percussion have been joined by a funky bassist and guitarist.

The line up change proves to be a welcome one on this warm June afternoon, as onlookers sit back on the hill sipping on cool pints, taking in every second of Booka's music.

Having started with a welcome breeziness, they take things up a notch, when the 8 man ensemble breaks into their lively single ‘BBB’. Eager fans make their way to the front to dance.

The band have famously covered R&B classics such as Drake’s ‘Hot Line Bling’ and Beyoncé’s ‘Crazy In Love’, injecting a jazzy twist into these pop classics.They may have made a speciality of them in the past, but in the new Booka creed, it appears, cover songs are a thing of the past. It may reduce the immediacy of their impact, but they go down well, lifting the spirits on a nicely relaxed afternoon.