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AS220 CrissCross Orchestra and Taina Asili Y La Banda Rebelde

Presented by AS220 CrissCross Orchestra at AS220 Concert Hall

March 10-February 22, 2011

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Puerto Rican vocalist Taïna Asili carries on the tradition of her ancestors, fusing past and present struggles into one soulful and defiant voice. Her newest artistic work is with la Banda Rebelde (the Rebel Band), a six piece international ensemble based in Albany, NY. This dynamic force brings love, resistance, and ancestral remembrance to venues, festivals, conferences and political events across the globe. Powerful vocals laid over an energetic fusion of Afro-Caribbean, reggae, rock, and hip hop sounds, the bands eclectic style represents the diversity of its members, who have origins in Puerto Rico, Sicily, Greece, Spain, Brazil and Ghana. Taina Asili's voice exudes strength of Spirit, filling its listeners with the fervor of freedom and inspiring audiences to dance to the movement of rebellion. www.tainaasili.com Ghanaian Obuamah Laud Addy and the AS220 CrissCross Orchestra is a DANCE band, with a variety of global sounds and a contagious energy with many of the finest New England musicians and ensemble performers. They perform every second Thursday at AS220. Featuring all original compositions, ACCO brings together polyrhythmic beats from African roots music with the melodic qualities found on the steel pans and the Irish pennywhistle, along with the trumpet, saxophone, bass, guitar, flute, accordion, percussion, and vocals. The AS220 CrissCross Orchestra