The joyful Brooklyn Raga Massive (BRM) is a non-profit artist collective committed to creating cross-cultural perception through Indian classical and Raga inspired music. It includes innovative musicians rooted in both traditional Indian and South Asian classical music, as well as cross-cultural Raga inspired music.
The culturally all-encompassing nature of BRM has developed a strong community and has become an incubator of new music collaborations in Brooklyn, New York City.
BRM presents over around 70 performances annually with an continuing weekly concert and raga jam session series and specialty concerts, and co- stages an annual 24 Ragas Live festival.
In 2019, Brooklyn Raga Massive participated in the double album
Ragmala – A Garland of Ragas, a collaboration with Go: Organic Orchestra.
Discography:
Brooklyn Raga Massive Compilation Volume 1 (2015)
Coltrane Raga Tribute (2017)
Terry Riley In C (Northern Spy Records, 2017)
Women’s Raga Massive Compilation v.1 (2018)
Coltrane Raga Tribute EP -Live Mondriaan Jazz festival (2018)
Ragmala – A Garland of Ragas (Meta Records, 2019)
To learn more about the artists in the collective, visit www.brooklynragamassive.org
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.