Name: Red Baraat
Start: 2019-06-28T20:00:00-06:00
End: 2019-06-28
Location: Swallow Hill Music - Daniels Hall

Red Baraat

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Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm. All sales are final.

Swallow Hill Music - Daniels Hall

* PARTIALLY SEATED EVENT! Dance space will be available.*Red Baraat<a href="https://www.redbaraat.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/redbaraatfans" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/redbaraat" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/redbaraat/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA442F1BA9D8C260C" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youtube</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/lgmw41CY1Fo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Video</a>Red Baraat is a pioneering band from Brooklyn, New York. Conceived by dhol player Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound, a merging of hard driving North Indian bhangra with elements of hip-hop, jazz and raw punk energy. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people, Red Baraat’s spirit is worn brightly on its sweaty and hard-worked sleeve.Their infectious rhythms roll over the audience like a hurricane and let the audience breathe only in a short ballad pause, to change a torn guitar string... Fred Balz, Allgemeine Zeitung, Rhein Main Presse (Germany)Red Baraat’s June 2018 album release, “Sound The People”, hit the top 10 on the World Music Charts Europe and was heralded in the US as the anthem soundtrack for the South Asian diaspora by US hipster, indie-rock magazine, Stereogum:The album is full of moments that hit with the force of a spiritual awakening… The funk, ska-punk, and other American forms that make their way into the music are layered intricately within the same threadwork as the ragas on which these songs are pulled from. Each piece is a gesture of cultural harmony, rendering not only genre irrelevant, but the geographic placement of those sounds.2018 also saw the band touring Kazakhstan, Abu Dabhi, US, Canada and Europe. They headlined the renowned WOMAD Festival in Cáceres, Spain in front of 10,000 people, performed the Vienna Konzerthaus (Philharmonie) in Austria and had the crowd jumping at Rudolstadt Festival in Germany.The release of Red Baraat’s 2nd album in 2013, Shruggy Ji, debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music charts in USA and propelled the band on a world tour that has yet to stop. They’ve performed at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, WOMAD, globalFEST, Lincoln Center, New Orleans Jazz Fest, along with clubs, theatres, and arts centers. Along the way they sold out rooms as diverse as the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the New York City’s legendary rock club Bowery Ballroom, and performed at the request of The White House (Obama), TED and Olympic Games.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. - THE TELEGRAPH (UK)But even as it’s clear that Red Baraat has built a startling history of performances in iconic settings, the band’s bread and butter remains the sweaty clubs, festivals, packed performing arts centers, and college auditoriums that keeps the band on the road all over the world the last several years. It’s here where Red Baraat does what it does best - communing with their audience in a joyful, near hedonistic celebration of music and dance, which tellingly, draws a crowd even more diverse than the players on stage. The universality of what Red Baraat does is undeniable. And this is no happy accident. It is the product of intention and design. Says Jain, “The band…our songs…are addressing the multiplicity of viewpoints,” says Jain. “There’s ‘Zindabad,’ which means ‘Long Live’ in Hindi. In that song, we’re saying that we celebrate life, we celebrate devotion — but we also celebrate agitation and revolution. If we can unite people of all backgrounds and ethnicities to partake in the exuberance of life through the universal language of music, then life is that much sweeter.”A Big Band for the World. – WALL STREET JOURNALThe best party band in years. – NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)There was a raucous finale. The last set belonged to Red Baraat, a Brooklyn brass band that looks to South Asia, pumping out Bollywood tunes and Sufi songs with a crackling beat (from the two headed dhol drum) and the muscle of horns blasting in unison, putting some New York bluster atop faraway roots. – THE NEW YORK TIMESFelix Ayodele &amp; the New Moons<a href="https://felixayodele.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Website</a>Felix Ayodele &amp; the New Moons glue together world music,soul and a fresh pop/singer-songwriting ascetic.Felix Ayodele aka Felix Fast4ward began as a turntablist in the late 90’s and decades later a producer, The creative genesis involved him being surrounded by records that his parents (who immigrated to the US from Nigeria) handed down to him. This music collection transformed him, initiating a move towards learning and developing ideas on traditional instruments from piano to guitar to flute plus more. After moving to Denver in 2004 Felix Ayodele set out to imagine &amp; execute a fusing of all the unique sounds with an emphasis on unique harmonic approaches &amp; classic African rhythms &amp; melody. With the release of his debut "Walking Distance” in 2019 the cast of the album makes an appearance to Swallow Hill in direct support of Red Baraat.

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