America’s only South Asian wedding band Red Baraat fires on all cylinders with its blistering new studio album, Bhangra Rangeela (Sinj Records 2025) – the band’s first release since 2018 – as dhol drummer Sunny Jain and his cast of NYC’s finest multi-instrumentalists bring bombastic beats and fiery horns to dance floors in North American venues this spring 2025. Set for release on April 25, 2025, Bhangra Rangeela features Red Baraat alongside special guests, including drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police, guitarist Delicate Steve, producer Karsh Kale, Indo Warehouse’s Kahani and Pakistani hip-hop star Adil Omar, SMK, among others. 15 years into an acclaimed career since their debut album, Chaal Baby (2010), Red Baraat carries on their tradition as a raucous dance party band and unifier of cultures, both on and off the stage.

Red Baraat comes out swinging with its opener “Bhangra Rangeela”; first conceptualized during an epic 20-minute mashup of “Hava Nagila” at their close friends’ Muslim-Jewish wedding. Verses by the Pakistani rapper SMK and Sufi singers Bakshi Brothers interweave with the sounds of the dhol beats and horns. Stewart Copeland contributes massive drums and a remix of the original song “Gaadi of Truth” from Bhangra Pirates (2017). Delicate Steve joins a banger remix from Nick Catchdubs for the perfect music drop at a DJ dance party in Brooklyn with “Bhangale.” Tabla player/producer Karsh Kale brings a sonic respite on his remix of “Layers” (Bhangra Pirates) with a feel of the waves of the Arabian Sea crashing upon the shores of a Goan beach. Select classic Red Baraat songs from their acclaimed recording catalog appear on Bhangra Rangeela alongside brand new remixes by some of today’s buzziest producers. 

1. Bhangra Rangeela (ft. SMK, Bakshi Brothers)
2. Thums Up
3. Crown of Spades
4. Gaadi of Truth (ft. Stewart Copeland)
5. Chaal Baby
6. Bhangale (ft. Delicate Steve)
7. Layers
8. Chaal Baby (Omgcornelio, Johnaton Wright, Adreal Remix)
9. Bhangale (Nick Catchdubs Remix)
10. Layers (Karsh Kale Remix)
11. Thums Up (Kahani Remix)
12. Bhangra Rangeela (Adil Omar Remix)

Total Time: 43:29

Produced by Sunny Jain
Mastered by Tony Joy
Cover art by Louis F. Cuffari

Sunny Jain - dhol (all tracks)
Varun Das - drumset (tracks 1, 2, 11, 12)
Tomas Fujiwara - drumset (tracks 3-10)
Rohin Khemani - percussion (tracks 3-10)
Jonathan Goldberger - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 11, 12)
John Altieri - sousaphone (all tracks)
Sonny Singh - trumpet (all tracks)
Michael Bomwell - soprano & baritone saxophone (all tracks)
Alison Shearer - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 11, 12)
Lynn Ligammari - soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 11, 12)
Arun Luthra soprano saxophone (tracks 5, 8)
Jonathon Haffner - alto saxophone (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
MiWi La Lupa - bass trumpet (tracks 3-10)
Ernest Stuart - trombone (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Armando Vergara - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 11, 12)
T.J. Robinson - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 11, 12)
Dave Smoota Smith - trombone (tracks 5, 8)
SMK - rapper (track 1)
Aafi Bakhshi - vocals (track 1, 12)
Bilal Bakhshi - vocals (track 1, 12)
Hasnain Tallat - tabla (track 1, 12)
Stewart Copeland - drums (track 4)
Delicate Steve - guitar (tracks 6, 9)
Omgcornelio - rap (track 8)
Johnaton Wright - rap (track 8)
Adreal - rap (track 8)