“If you’re unfamiliar with bhangra music, you could do worse for an introduction than Red Baraat. Led by Sunny Jain and his dhol drum, the group showcases how well the folk music of the Punjab diaspora complements seemingly disparate sounds from go-go, hip-hop, jazz, and funk.

In an epic journey in the making for 10 years, Sunny Jain was the first in his family to return to their ancestral land, Sialkot, Punjab, since the 1947 independence and partition of the Indian subcontinent.

Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East band recorded an iconic Tiny Desk Concert on NPR. Watch full video HERE.

Sunny Jain is a Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence at Wesleyan University this academic year, 2023-24. He will be working on his first music theatre show, Love Force. Read HERE.

This short film captures Sunny Jain’s “homecoming” where he visited his ancestor’s hometown of Sialkot (Pakistan), and toured with his musical group, Wild Wild East (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings).

Sunny Jain joins the Monsoon Wedding as Music Producer for the theatrical production at St. Ann’s Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY), running May 6-June 25, 2023.

Sunny Jain talks about how he celebrates Holi with Red Baraat Festival of Colors, in its 11th year.

Symphony Space’s Music Residency Program invites the most creative artists of our day to develop new ideas, take risks, and collaborate across disciplines. Given the time, space, and support to create new work and nurture emerging talent, our artists-in-residence bring their passions and brilliance to our stages.

Red Baraat starts 2023 with their 11th annual Red Baraat Festival of Colors in March. Openers to be announced shortly. Additional shows in Canada and more dates TBA.

Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East to tour Pakistan. Thanks to the US Embassy in Islamabad, the band will be presenting concerts, workshops and outreach programs at public universities November-December 2022, as well as headlining the Music Mela.

Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2020) will perform on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2022.

For the first time in 15 years, Planet Drum will be performing live at the Frost Amphitheater on May 1, 2022, along with Bob Weir and the Wolf Brothers. In 1991, Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain formed Planet Drum, a global percussion ensemble that brought together the world's greatest rhythm masters into a one-of-a-kind improvisational supergroup.

WATCH SOME HERE