Red Baraat Throws a Holi Music Event at The Mint

Red Baraat brings its colorful Northern India-style funk show to The Mint in Los Angeles to celebrate the Hindu holiday of Holi on Wednesday, March 11.

During Holi, the people of South Asia throw colored powder to celebrate their blessings.

Red Baraat makes a colorful show, with abstract-colored clothes and music that gets the people to their feet.

Sunny Jain created a funky genre that blends North Indian bhangra music with his beloved jazz and infuses horns into the mix.

The music is original and innovative and Red Baraat gets great reviews for its devoted fan base.

Red Baraat: Blending Jazz, Funk and India Heritage

“I grew up listening to various Indian music from my parents, everything they brought from India,” Jain told The Boston Globe. But his own taste ran more along the lines of Top 40, prog rock and hip hop.

Red Baraat’s most recent album, Sound the People has been a hit around the world and the band has played Kazakhstan, Abu Dhabi, Canada and Europe.

When he took drum lessons he was inspired by the late Neil Peart of Rush, but his teacher gave him lessons based on the style of Tower of Power’s David Garibaldi and he loved it.

The band has grown over the years and includes the electric playing of Jonathan Goldberger guitarist and Chris Eddleton drummer, sousaphonist and co-songwriter John Altieri.

Red Baraat plays The Mint on March 11 - for Tickets go here.