The Richmond Folk Festival proudly presents All Together Now, a two-part television program celebrating Virginia artists, to be aired on VPM Plus on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm.
This television program, created specifically for the 2020 festival, features new performances from some of Virginia’s most talented artists, along with several of our favorite past performances from the Festival’s Virginia Folklife Stage.
Filmed at Richmond’s Spacebomb Studios in partnership with VPM, viewers will enjoy brand new, 30-minute sets from Butcher Brown feat. J. Plunky Branch, Cora Harvey Armstrong, Jared Pool & Friends, and Kadencia.
Butcher Brown feat. J. Plunky Branch. Photo: Joey Wharton
Butcher Brown feat. J. Plunky Branch
The hybrid moniker “jazz/hip-hop” only begins to cover who Butcher Brown really is. Collectively, one could say they are a jazz ensemble—in the instruments they play, and the way they feel the music as one, building a performance together, with grace and grit. Working with Richmonder J. Plunky Branch, the vanguard of Afro-centric jazz, funk, house music, and go-go, the two bands will weave the interrelated musical forms into a forward-looking message of empowerment, positivity, and cultural awareness.
Cora Harvey Armstrong. Photo: Byron Garrett
Cora Harvey Armstrong
From King and Queen County, Virginia, Cora Harvey Armstrong served as minister of music for four decades at First Mount Olive Baptist Church. Her songwriting was inspired by the verses of her poet grandfather Rev. Watson Harvey. That songwriting blossomed at Virginia State University, where she directed the internationally acclaimed VSU Gospel Chorale. In recent years, Armstrong has pursued gospel music full-time and has also become a minister.
Jared Pool & Friends. Photo: Joey Wharton
Jared Pool & Friends
Richmonder Jared Pool is a multi-instrumentalist whose love of music was born from attending bluegrass festivals as a kid. After completing a jazz studies degree, Pool began working with various regional acts as well as our partner, the Virginia Folklife Program. In 2016, Jared was called to play mandolin with legendary guitarist, Larry Keel, and since has shared the stage with Sam Bush, Tyler Childers, The Travellin’ McCourys and Steve Earle.
Kadencia. Photo: Joey Wharton
Kadencia
Kadencia is a 13-piece orchestra comprised of musicians that have toured with some of the best local and internationally renowned bands in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region. Founded in Puerto Rico by singer-songwriter Maurice Sanabria-Ortiz and percussionist Roberto Candelario, Kadencia was reborn in late 2018, with the help of percussionists Maurice “Tito” Sanabria and Santos Ramirez, and now calls Richmond home. The band uses bomba, plena, and salsa to promulgate Puerto Rican culture, educate audiences on the Island’s native musical expressions, and make audiences move in ways they never knew possible!
All Together Now features both new performances and some of our favorites from the past. Here is the full television schedule:
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 FROM 6:00-8:00PM THE SHOW WILL FEATURE IN THIS ORDER:
Butcher Brown feat. J. Plunky Branch (soul fusion)*
Bolivian Tinku Parade (tinku dance) 2015
The Bailey Hummingbirds (shout band) 2014
Chosen Few Feat. Tarrence Paschall (Tidewater gospel quartet) 2018
Bryan Bowers (singer/songwriter) 2019
Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel) 2017
Presley Barker and Kitty Amaral (bluegrass) 2015
Kadencia (bomba y plena)*
Harris Brothers (blues) 2013
Cheick Hamala Diabate (Malian griot) 2013
Linda Lay and Springfield Exit with Sammy Shelor (bluegrass) 2019
Sherman Holmes Project (R&B) 2017
Legendary Ingramettes with Zion's Voice Youth Choir (gospel) 2015
ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 FROM 6:00-8:00PM THE SHOW WILL FEATURE IN THIS ORDER:
Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel)*
Dry Hill Draggers (old-time) 2013
The Bailey Hummingbirds (shout band) 2014
Mandkhai Erdembat (Mongolian contortion) 2019
Hot Pickers feat. Wayne Henderson, Reggie Harris, Danny Knicely, Josh Pickett and Presley Barker (guitar workshop) 2015
Jared Pool & Friends (bluegrass)*
Holmes Brothers (R&B) 2013
Washington Balalaika Society (Russian) 2015
The Snyder Family (bluegrass) 2013
Flory Jagoda (Sephardic Jewish music) 2012
Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes (gospel) 2012
*Indicates exclusive new videos
