Posted by guy.vaccaro@gmail.com on Apr 12, 2011
We are happy to release our first ever music video! The video was a true community project, filmed in Albany, NY and Philadelphia, PA. It was filmed by Director of Photography Victoria Kereszi as well as Kelsey Lane, Jay Wilcox, Chelsea Kereszi (volunteers from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY) and Youth FX (a youth film program in Albany, NY). Post production was by Mark Carranceja of Noisemaker Media based in New York City. Hope you...
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Posted by guy.vaccaro@gmail.com on Apr 1, 2011
One year after the release of our debut album War Cry, Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde will be celebrating the premier of our NEW MUSIC VIDEO for the song “It’s In Our Hands”. The special community made music video was filmed by volunteers from The Sanctuary for Independent Media, including Director of Photography Victoria Kereszi, as well as volunteers from YouthFX. It was then edited by Noisemaker Media in NYC, who are well-known for their work with independent artists such as The Readnex Poetry Squad. We will be premiering our music video release on Sat. April 9th at The Red Square, 388 Broadway, Albany, 9pm. Joining us will be Ithaca’s Afro-hiphop-funk-soul band Thousands of One (and other special guests). AND we will be singing in solidarity with all those demonstrating across the country on April 9 earlier that day against “the wars at home and abroad”. Please join us for this very special occasion! After April 9th you can check out our new music video on our...
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Posted by guy.vaccaro@gmail.com on Jan 13, 2011
Check out this GREAT profile article from the Preview section of the Press & Sun Bulletin in Binghamton, NY written by Chris Kocher: http://bit.ly/g2OQ6v “When it comes to embracing influences from all over the map, Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde are practically a United Nations of music.” Band integrates a world of...
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Posted by guy.vaccaro@gmail.com on Sep 30, 2010
We had an wild summer this 2010, filled with amazing shows and festivals! We traveled up and down the east coast this summer taking the stage alongside some incredible artists and in front of many energy-filled audiences. We opened our summer performances with our second feature at Capital Pride in our hometown of Albany, NY. There was a magical mist that surrounded the hundreds of audiences members who danced to our music. Our next stop was across the Hudson river in Troy, NY at the River Street Festival where we performed alongside Grammy Award winner Paula Cole. Days later we traveled to Detroit, MI to join thousands of others in attending the US Social Forum, where sang and danced for social justice. In July we attended the Grassroots Festival in Ithaca, NY where Taina Asili joined the stage with Dine rock band Blackfire in an awesome rendition of their song “Common Ground”. We also took two awesome trips out to Maine to perform at several events including the Norway Arts Festival and the Be Here Now Festival. What an incredible trip it was to perform on such gorgeous land for such warm people (and we are coming back this Oct. for the Harvest Festival)! We also hit another stop in New England at Boston GreenFest with an incredible line-up of international artist including Mamadou, guitarist from Mali. Towards the end of the summer we headed right back to where we began with a 3 hour performance at Albany’s First Friday. But our final show of the summer made it complete with our long awaited return to NYC with a powerful packed house show at Camaradas del Barrio in Harlem, featuring a guest performance by Naima Penniman on our song “She Lives”. It was definitely a summer not to forget, and we look forward to another wild and beautiful summer of festivals and awesome shows in...
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