Tue 9/13 @ 8PM
Brooklyn-based band Red Baraat made a sound that’s both wide and deep, with eight musicians in town, they cross genre and geographic boundaries.
Formed by Sunny Jain, who plays dhol, a double-headed drum from India, the group’s percussion-and-brass lineup, plus guitar, is oddly similar to that of New Orleans brass but a very different sound emerges from them. It combines North Indian bhangra, rock, jazz and the distinctive Washington, D.C. funk/soul genre of the ’70s, go-go.
Jain has said that the band’s music is about uniting people from various different backgrounds “to partake in the exuberance of life through the universal language of music.” And “exuberance” is one thing Red Baraat is known for, getting people up on their feet and reacting with their bodies to the band’s high-energy live performances.
The group has just released a new five-track EP, appropriately titled Livewire and they’ve hit the road — a place where they spend a lot of time — for their Livewire 2016 tour. They’ll be making a stop at the Bop Stop. Tickets are $15.