


The organizers of this festival have described it as a “celebration of the healing power of music,” which means Medicine Singers have come to the right place. Recorded in collaboration with guitarist Yonatan Gat, the album features plenty of unexpected funk and psych-jazz sounds, including some trippy trumpet playing from the late jaimie branch. On the group’s most recent self-titled album, the musicians are doing more than honoring their ancestral music, though. Medicine Singers, also performing at the festival, specialize in powwow music - propulsive Native American drum and vocal music played during cultural celebrations and gatherings.
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The group’s 2017 album, “Bhangra Pirates,” is full of dance-friendly songs like “Gaadi of Truth.” So many instruments get their moment here: an electric guitar vigorously keeping up with invigorating drum playing while the staticky horns come in and out. The center of the group’s lively, predominantly instrumental sound is the dhol, an Indian double-sided drum played by frontman Sunny Jain, who, alongside his Brooklyn bandmates, plays traditional Bhangra music that zips into your ears and moves your feet. Down in the Reeds Festival: Red Baraat - headliner at the third annual festival at the Parks at Walter Reed - is a band of few words but boundless energy.
