Rebel Up & Drache Musicale @ Dona Onete (BR) concert, Muziekpublique, Bxl

Dona Onete, queen of the carimbó!

Eighty-year-old Dona Onete, the great singer of the Amazon culture, shows with her new album Rebujo that quality is not an age. While the Brazilian government is turning its back on the minorities in Brazil, Onete embraces diversity – especially in its state of Pará – which, in its opinion, is “the most diverse in Brazil with its mix of colors, rhythms and tastes”. Dona Onete, a former teacher, political activist for indigenous cultures and culture minister, started her music career ten years after she had officially “retired”. She first encouraged people with her challenging texts.

At her concerts she wraps everyone up with carimbós, dance music with a strong African groove, and bangues, dancing with a ska-like rhythm; supplemented with cumbia, brega and samba.

warmup & afterparty support by Rebel Up SebCat & Drache Musicale.
and during, a dance demonstration by Patricia Tambeur.

doors 19h
FB event / Muziekpublique website

Sat 23 March; Rebel Up! @ Tropicalia Grooves party in Toulouse (FR)

tropicalia grooves
salut!
For those of you around the South of la belle France;  for the first time some Rebel Up! sounds will come your way down south in Toulouse!

Rebel Up! Sebcat has been invited by the Guachafita & Ikebana folks of Tropicalia Grooves, one of the best party nights during the Latin Film Festival in Toulouse. It will be on a boat/peniche called Le Cri De La Mouette.

It promises be a super sweet night of special sound,  all the way c-a-l-i-e-n-t-e chicos n chicas!
More info, check @ Ikebana Music or check the FB event.