Showing posts with label Queer Music Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queer Music Festival. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

"My Existance is Rebellion" highlight of the OUT/LOUD festival

The other night my partner and I went to Out/Loud Queer Women's Music Festival in Eugene, OR. It was a fun show, we turned in early due to being tired old people, but not before seeing Taina Asili Y La Banda Rebelde perform! They were so inspiring and their energy was so high and moving, I have to share it!

This song is called "In the Time of Now". She explains at the beginning how the fact that we are breathing right now is a form of rebellion. While it is truly a song of indigenous resistance, I feel that it can be inspiring for all of us living under and fighting against oppression. This song starts off serious, and becomes a celebration of existence as rebellion.

Here is their music video for "In Our Hands." This song is wonderful. "Don't ask for your freedom, just take it."
 

And finally I will share "Prison Break" which is dedicated to political prisoners such as Mumia Abu Jamal.

Thanks for listening. Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde moved me, in my heart and in my feet! Thank you Taina Asili!