In just over two 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 drummer
Sunny Jain, the nine piece (comprised of dhol ((double-sided barrel
shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder)) drumset, percussion, a
sousaphone, and 5 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 defined a sound
entirely their own.


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 find Red Baraat
throwing down at an overheated and unannounced warehouse party in their
Brooklyn neighborhood as you are at Lincoln Center. Or the Montreal Jazz
Festival. Or the Barbican. 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
influence, fused it, and is now exporting it Brooklyn-style to the
world.


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.