Bands We Like (Links)
(in alphabetical order)
Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians (BABAM) - (songs they play, some with charts)
Brass Liberation Orchestra (San Francisco) (Facebook)
Brasstracks (New York)
Carnival Band (Vancouver, BC)
Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band / Orchestra (Chautauqua) (Facebook)
Galactic (New Orleans)
Give Back Brass Band (Seattle) (Facebook)
Polyrhythmics (Seattle)
Rebirth Brass Band (New Orleans)
Rude Mechanical Orchestra (NYC)
Sancapators (Seattle)
Too Many Zoos (New York)
Unexpected Brass Band (Pt. Townsend) (Facebook)
Here's their play list of songs
Unpresidented Brass Band (Portland) (Facebook)
A note about "Brasscadia Alliance"...
After we came up with the name 'Brasscadia' we came across a video by a group who called themselves "Brasscadia Alliance (or Brasscadian Alliance)".
Here's a clip of the group playing at the First Night celebration in Tacoma Dec. 31, 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhEQnbbg9AQ
Turns out that not only weren't we the first ones to think of the idea of Brasscadia for the name of a brass band, but that we actually know some of the members of this other 'Brasscadia'... So we contacted them. They told us that they were no longer using the name (it had been an idea to build a trans-regional band between Tacoma and Vancouver), and that they were fine with us using it. So we did.
Yay for good ideas - and maybe they can join us (or we can join them) someday.