Taina Asili | |
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 Asili performing at La Peña in Berkeley, California in March of 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Taina Del Valle |
| Born | Binghamton, New York, US |
| Genres | Afro-Caribbean music flamenco hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | tainaasili |
Taína Asili is an American musician, singer, songwriter, poet, artist and activist. Born in Binghamton, New York to Puerto Rican parents, she first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the singer for the punk band Anti-Product, and later for her social justice themed music with the band Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde. Asili’s musical career has spanned genres as diverse as Afro-Caribbean music, flamenco, hardcore punk and opera, and her art is driven by her work on prisoner justice, climate justice and food justice.