ReBelle is a skilled and seasoned band with high profile touring experience in West Africa, across the United States, and an immense capacity to connect with live audiences wherever they perform. They are gentle insurgents, fueled by vision of justice.
In their music and their lives, Rebelle is an intergenerational and intercultural band from Africa and America. The Rebelle story is rich in a foundation of love and powerful musicianship. ReBelle came together when Kalpana Devi and Emmanuel Manou first joined creative forces performing, recording, composing, and touring together in 1994. They completed 4 full length albums between 93 and 2008, and released many singles including, Free Mumia, Move Together, War is Not the Answer and countless acoustic works. ReBelle plays all original music, sung in many languages including Wolof, French, Creole, English, Sanskrit and Arabic.
ReBelle plays Roots reggae music, and its powerhouse vocalists chant meditations on liberation while the band propels roots reggae soul. The bands mystical mix of pulsing tribal rhythms, guitar and tight harmonies is internationally acclaimed. In Africa, performances at the Blaise Senghor Institute in Senegal, Reggae Sunsplash in Senegal and Baia das Gatas Festival in Cape Verde exemplified the bands outstanding success at reaching the hearts and minds of people.
Daniel Rosow (Ras Daniel Anbessa) is a Southern Vermont raised artist, activist, and multi-instrumentalist. He started his career as a 16-year-old horn player for the Brooklyn based dub reggae band Trumystic and Senegal based bands Aziz Boukote and Nioune Le. During that time he toured on the road posing as a 21-year-old and got to open for many great acts like Culture, Yellow Man, Sister Nancy, Razelle, Army, Abjah, Mikey Dread, Dave Holland, Rufus Reed, Saloum Diabate, Manjul, and the JUnior Neville Brothers.
Daniel performs all original reggae-jazz-hiphop lyrics and instrumentals. The lyrical content is largely inspired by the counter-colonialists His Majesty Qedamawi Haile Sellassie, Cheik Amadou Bamba, Yitzak Rabin, Thomas Sankara, Mumia Abu-jamal, and Leonard Peltier. Daniel combines the message of socio economic justice with a Kirtan Sufi psalmist like chant. The drum and bass remain central with a jammy improvisational instrumental lead.
Come out for some serious roots rock reggae!
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Ticket link:https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3903332
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