He Says, She Says....
Fashion Magazine :: Red Baraat performs at 2009 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Show for Ports 1961. - Sarah Casselman
Music Connection Magazine :: "...a raucous, blaring, clashing celebration of a multitude of cultures come together as one joyous explosion." - Henry Lewis
Vainstyle :: "They rhythm that filled the tent was infectious to say the least." - Bailey
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Press Downloads
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Electronic Press Kit
Chicago Reader :: "The band artfully hybridizes Indian bhangra and something akin to New Orleans second-line funk. Plus it's fun as hell." - Peter Margasak
Time Out Chicago :: "The funky Brooklynites raise a ruckus with scampering dhol drumming, honking tubas and battered bugles."
A.V. - Madison World Music Festival :: "...combines traditional Indian dhol drumming, frenzied improvisationl jazz, and boundless energey into bombastic bites of hip-shaking grooves."
The Philadelphia Inquirer :: "An irrestible "dhol 'n' brass" nine-piece from New York City. He [Sunny Jain] invented "dhol 'n' brass" - and this record proves that Red Baraat rules it.
Wall Street Journal :: "A Big Band for the World" - Pia Catton
National Geographic :: "Red Baraat has been one of the New York music scene's best-kept secrets." - Mehmet Dede
Songlines (United Kingdom) :: "Red Baraat have a studied multi-ethnic cool reminiscent of other New York world fusion acts like Gogol Bordello and Yerba Buena." - Nigel Williamson
Relix :: "On the Verge: 5 Artists You Should Know About." - Jesse Jarnow
India Currents :: "Just watching them make music is a pure shot of adrenaline" - Priya Bhatt
The Gazette (Montreal) :: "Montreal Jazz Festival - Disc of the Day" - Lynn Moore
Rytmi (Finland) :: "Pori Jazz Festival"
The Village Voice :: "Voice Choices - Red Baraat have the locomotion of an army" - Stacey Anderson
49th Annual Molde International Jazz Festival (Norway)
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