The Soul Rebels (also Soul Rebels Brass Band, Soul Rebels or The Rebels) are an eight-piece New Orleans based brass ensemble that incorporate elements of soul, jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop music within a contemporary brass band framework. The band grew from their New Orleans brass style out of original members Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss’s shared desire to play the music they heard on the radio but with respect to the New Orleans brass band tradition.

Starting out as a local New Orleans favorite, The Soul Rebels have evolved into collaborating live with artists including Metallica, Green Day, Maceo Parker, Galactic, Slick Rick, Trombone Shorty, Joey Badass, Suzanne Vega, David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics, Prodigy (rapper) of Mobb Deep, Big Freedia, The String Cheese Incident, Styles P of The Lox, Eric Krasno and John Medeski as well as being billed on shows with Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Alabama Shakes, Estelle, Cee Lo Green, The Allman Brothers Band, Arcade Fire, Ice Cube, George Clinton, Shaggy (musician) and others. The band has built its career around an eclectic live show that harnesses the power of horns and percussion in a funky party-like atmosphere. The Soul Rebels have performed on CBS, Discovery Channel, HBO, TBS, NBC, NPR, ESPN, BBC Two, The CW and on many major national and international stages. The band routinely plays over 250 shows a year.

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