Thursday, March 14, 2024
7:30 PM
Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
"The best party band in years," states NPR. "This year's 'discovery' [WOMAD UK Festival], though, was Red Baraat, a cacophonous bhangra funk band from Brooklyn. Think Punjabi weddings, Delhi street brass bands, modern jazz and rock," says THE TELEGRAPH (UK). "Their infectious rhythms roll over the audience like a hurricane..." raves the RHEIN MAIN PRESS (GERMANY).
From the moment Sound The People kicks off with “Next Level” – a wild and exuberant confluence of Bhangra music with anthemic, psyched-out twists – it’s clear that Red Baraat are very much taking their sonic signature to a new astral realm. On their fifth offering, the Brooklyn-based band continues their exploration of South Asian culture, while firmly placing it within the context of a globalized generation as demonstrated by the diverse... More
Band
World, World Fusion
Flying Lotus, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Rush, Primus, Malkit Singh, Gurdas Maan, Ozomotli, Gogol Bordello, Zakir Hussain, Manu Ciao