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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Posted by guy.vaccaro@gmail.com on Aug 30, 2010
This July, 2010 we began the long awaited process of shooting our debut music video. The video was shot in two locations, Albany, NY and Philadelphia, PA, which are both very meaningful “homes” for Taina Asili. Both film shoots were led by our incredible Director of Photography Victoria Kereszi, along with other filmmakers affiliated with the Sanctuary for Independent Media. For the first shoot in Albany, NY we had volunteer local young people from the YouthFX program assist with the b-role footage for the shoot. They did an excellent job! We also had an excellent turn out of community members from around Albany to participate in the footage. For the second half of our film shoot we traveled to Taina Asili’s old stomping grounds in Philly where we shot on Baltimore Ave. in West Philly, 5th St. in North Philly and in front of City Hall in Center City. Check out our Vlog from our Philadelphia shoot: Look out for our upcoming video release this...
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Posted by guy.vaccaro@gmail.com on Jul 23, 2010
Check out this EXCELLENT profile article about us by Josh Potter in the Metroland, the Capital Region’s Alternative News Weekly. Urban Guerrillas http://metroland.net/back_issues/vol33_no29/listen_here.html “In an era when irony is often synonymous with artistry and success is determined by how long bands remain favorable in the blogosphere, it can be a risky move for a musician to espouse the belief that “music can change the world.” But for Taína Asili, leader of la Banda Rebelde (or, the Rebel Band), she doesn’t...
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