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On his wedding day, just before the ceremony began, Sunny Jain began a whole new relationship. Echoing an Indian tradition, he organized an instrumental baraat marching band to usher in the two sides ...

Brooklyn Bhangra ensemble Red Baraat are following 2017’s Bhangra Pirates with a new album, Sound The People, this Friday (6/29) via Rhyme & Reason (pre-order). The band’s own Sunny Jain co-produced ...

Red Baraat is wild — and loud. It's also a genre unto itself. The Brooklyn ensemble self-identifies as "dhol 'n' brass," a hybrid of Indian bhangra and New Orleans big-band music. The group has played ...

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'We go hard," says MiWi La Lupa. "We have two hours' sleep, we hit that stage, and afterwards we don't go to bed – we play it hard." The bass trumpet player of Red Baraat is trying to explain the punk ...

Weddings are an occasion when people love to let their hair down and dance their heart out. During a baraat in India, mostly the groom’s family and friends dance a lot before entering the wedding ...

I couldn’t wrap my head around all the Royal Wedding hoopla that took place last month. I mean, beyond my inherent wariness of celebrating a colonialist institution and the usual skepticism that comes ...

Singer and television host Aditya Narayan is all set to tie the knot today to fiancée, actor Shweta Agarwal. The pictures of Aditya Narayan's baraat arriving at the venue have gone viral on social ...