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MULTIFEST ´03. - Rovinj, August

The Bolywood Brass Band

The Bollywood Brass Band is a multi-ethnic brass band specialized in making covers of popular tunes from Indian movies, and Europe 's first Indian wedding orchestra. The band includes British musicians who worked together with famous bands such as Trans-Global Underground, Fun^Da^Mental, The Grand Union.

The band was formed in 1992 to perform with the Shyam Brass Band from Jabalpur , India , at the great International Festival of Street Music in London . Their remarkable reputation at the world music scene is mostly based on frequent participation at festivals from WOMAD (World of Music, Arts & Dance) to Druga godba (Slovenia), as well as unforgettable performances at street festivals or luxurious London weddings. Their repertoire includes classic and more recent film hits, Punjabi folk songs, tunes by the great qawwal artist Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and wedding songs.

So far they released two albums, The Bollywood Brass Band and Rahmania. Rahmania includes 12 hit songs by India's leading film music composer A.R. Rahman.
They appeared in Rovinj a day after playing at the renowned festival Krems in Austria, and prior to the largest festival in the region Siget Pepsi Festival in Budapest.
Gallery - The Bolywood Brass Band

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