“It was just a different energy for me, you know. It’s slung on the shoulder. I’m not sitting stationary on a drum set, but I’m able to move around. And it’s enormously loud.”
Red Baraat is named after a joyous wedding procession in India. The music is a mix of horns and drums, bhangra and jazz, go-go, Latin music and even a bit of klezmer.
Sunny Jain calls it “Brooklyn bhangra.” He says the band members all come from different backgrounds.
“Sonny Singh is a trumpet player who grew up in, you know, with Sikh gurdwaras, going to temple and praying, and also grew up with ska music and reggae music. MiWi La Lupa is a bass trumpet player. He grew up with like R&B. He grew up with jazz. Ernest Stuart grew up in the black church in Philadelphia. Everyone’s coming from different arenas.”
Red Baraat released its second full-length album, “Shruggy Ji,” in January. The album reached first place on world music charts. The band has risen from unpaid performances in a Brooklyn bar to playing music festivals across the United States and Canada. Red Baraat also performed at the White House last year.
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