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Ladies of Midnight Blue are an Afro-Latin percussion & brass duet comprised of Hannabiell Sanders and Yilis del Carmen Suriel. They create a powerful and upbeat fusion of rhythms, weaving combinations melodic percussion, brass, vocal chants, and mbira.
The Ladies of Midnight Blue have performed all over the world and in the last 12 years they have been workshop facilitators and guest artists for various projects and residencies. Their art and music workshops focus on community building and raising awareness concerning issues of inequality on all levels. 
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Hannabiell & Yilis are the co-founders and organisers of Harambee Pasadia, the first Afro Fusion Arts festival, based in the North East of England. Harambee in Swahili means ‘let’s get together’ and Pasadia in Spanish means ‘to spend the day.’ The festival is a 4-day family camping extravaganza which hosts world renowned performers, practitioners, and foods of fusions found in the African diaspora.
They believe in everyday activism, which they see as a commitment to work towards equality and justice in all aspects of their lives and for their communities. |
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"Hannabiell and Yilis’ sound is an embodiment of the women themselves; full of joy and power, their music stems from Afro-Latin rhythms and melodic percussion, brass and vocal chants. Their work is inextricably linked with their experiences as Black and LatinX women."
--NARC |
"Banging their congas with great rhythm, so much so that when I sit here and write about their act there’s nothing I can say other than; “You have to see them for yourselves”. The Ladies have great energy and musical skill, their personalities and energy, combined with their instrumental hand percussion is a unique experience."
--Live Theatre Blog |
"Their foot-stomping music, powerful and upbeat combinations of percussion, brass, vocal chants and mbira arrangements inspires dancing and calls for audience participation... and might even start a riot"
--Cape Times |
