Butter Chicken

 Butter Chicken is a collaborative effort by musicians across several disciplines to explore the intersection of South Asian music, a baraat band, and a New Orleans-style brass band. Butter Chicken explores South Asian cultural practices in music to study how to blend the sounds of traditional South Asian music with musical genres that are more modern and American. We play with a wide range of emotions, from introspective and meditative to upbeat dance music. Led by Catie Hickey (trombone, arranger), Kabir Dalawari (Dhol), and Akshat Jain (Sousaphone), the group features Kyle Brooks (saxophones), Karli Bunn (saxophones), Constantine Alexander (trumpet), and Gustavo Cortiñas Fouilloux (drums). In our first full season, we enjoyed performing at the Global Peace Picnic and South Asia Institute. In 2022, the band was awarded a 2022 IAP Grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), which enabled us to collaborate with Rahul Sharma and Maninder Singh from Funkadesi. You can hear the band by clicking here.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6-CSt4QS0