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It’s a sound so powerful it has left the band in its own utterly unique and enviable class. These days you are as likely to ?nd Red Baraat throwing down at an overheated and unannounced warehouse party in their Brooklyn neighborhood as you are at the Barbican or the Montreal Jazz Festival, or Lincoln Center. It’s a band unquestionably on the ascent playing some of the most prestigious festivals and theatres worldwide, and keeping their chops razor sharp in basements and sweaty sold out clubs across New York City. Leading an audience as diverse and joyful as the band itself, Red Baraat has subsumed a plateful of global in?uence, fused it, and is now exporting it Brooklyn-style to the world. In just four short years, the pioneering Brooklyn dhol ‘n’ brass party juggernaut Red Baraat have made a name for themselves as one of the best live bands playing anywhere in the world. Led by dhol player Sunny Jain, the eight piece comprised of dhol (double-sided barrel shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder) drumset, percussion, sousaphone and five horns, melds the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with a host of sounds, namely funk, go-go, latin, and jazz. Simply put, Sunny Jain and Red Baraat have created and de?ned a sound entirely their own. The group's most recent release, Bootleg Bhangra, is the band’s incredibly powerful live show captured at Brooklyn’s Southpaw on the band’s second anniversary. With songs pulled primarily from their debut album, Chaal Baby the group was mindful of the challenge to capture a rapturous live sound on record. Well, it happened on this night, and the resulting document places you squarely in that small Brooklyn club jammed from front to back with hip shaking beauties - hands raised to a ceiling dripping with condensation. The band is currently at work on their 2nd studio date, Shruggy Ji, which should see release in early 2012. Most recently, the title track, Chaal Baby, is being used as the background music for the promo ads for the hit FX TV show, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. After the group’s performance at the 2011 globalFEST, Red Baraat was a top pick favorite and featured on PRI’s The World, NPR’s All Songs Considered, New York Times, The Village Voice and Mother Jones magazine. The group's debut CD, Chaal Baby (Sinj Records) was voted by several music critics as a top world and jazz release of 2010. Since their inception in October 2008, Red Baraat has delivered blistering performances at globalFEST, Montreal Jazz Festival, Sunfest, Festival De Louisiane, Quebec City Summer Festival, Chicago World Music Festival, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Madison World Music Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival (Finland), Molde Jazz Festival (Norway) and Chicago Folks & Roots Festival, among many others. Red Baraat appeared on John Schaefer's Soundcheck WNYC-FM 93.9, an NPR affiliate, in which they were picked as a top live radio performance of 2009. They also recorded the credit roll theme song for the movie, The Yes Men Fix the World and performed for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (NYC) for Ports 1961 runway models. Red Baraat has been featured in National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Relix and Songlines, among many others.

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by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 07, 2021

Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST, a collaboration between long-running New York music festival globalFEST and NPR Music’s Tiny Desk concerts, set for January 11 – 14, 2021, has announced its full schedule of performances:  ...

globalFEST Announces 2021 Edition in Collaboration with NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Photo globalFEST Announces 2021 Edition in Collaboration with NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 19, 2020

Long-running and widely influential New York music festival, globalFEST, has announced dates for its 17th edition set for January 11 – 14, 2021. ...

Two Bird Stone Shares New Single “If You Wanna Come Back” Photo Two Bird Stone Shares New Single “If You Wanna Come Back”
by A.A. Cristi - June 22, 2020

Two Bird Stone is a dynamic new band founded by singer/songwriter Liam Thomas Bailey and featuring some of Nashville's and New York's finest musicians. The band formed in 2019 and will release their debut album, Hands & Knees, on September 11th via Soundly Music....

Red Baraat to Release SOUND THE PEOPLE Friday, June 26, Streaming Now via Brooklyn Ve Photo Red Baraat to Release SOUND THE PEOPLE Friday, June 26, Streaming Now via Brooklyn Vegan!
by Macon Prickett - June 26, 2018

Red Baraat will release their new LP, Sound The People this Friday,June 29 via Rhyme & Reason. The album is now streaming via Brooklyn Vegan - downloads of Sound The People are available upon request....

Red Baraat Share Title Track from Upcoming New LP, SOUND THE PEOPLE + Album out June Photo Red Baraat Share Title Track from Upcoming New LP, SOUND THE PEOPLE + Album out June 30
by Macon Prickett - May 30, 2018

Red Baraat will be releasing a new album, Sound The People on June 29 via Rhyme & Reason. Today they share the LP's title track which features vox by Heems (Das Racist). The single premiered via Stereogum who note, 'like always, Red Baraat delivers an explosion of sound...(and 'Sound The People') is...

Red Baraat Announce New Album Out June 30 + Share First Single KALA MUKHRA Photo Red Baraat Announce New Album Out June 30 + Share First Single KALA MUKHRA
by Macon Prickett - May 02, 2018

Red Baraat are excited to announce the upcoming release of a new album, Sound The People. The LP will be released on June 29 via Rhyme & Reason, their second for the label. You can pre-order the LP or CD here. Pre-order the album now!...

Tom Dobson Signs to Rhyme & Reason Records; Releases Debut Single 'American Man' Photo Tom Dobson Signs to Rhyme & Reason Records; Releases Debut Single 'American Man'
by Caryn Robbins - October 26, 2017

Recently signed to NJ-based independent label Rhyme & Reason Records, Dobson is the first country signing by this growing and buzz-heavy label....












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