Sunny Jain
Love ForceMusic meets storytelling in a blend of Punjabi rhythms, American jazz and collective celebration. A moving call to compassion and connection.
Sunny Jain draws on his South Asian heritage and experience as a second-generation immigrant in America to dive into the concept of "love force"—satyāgraha—embracing your oppressor with compassion. Jain, founder of Red Baraat, brings his signature talent for creating immediate community to theater, blurring the lines between performers and audience. Each element of Love Force is carefully crafted for frequencies, rhythm, and vibrations unleashing a powerful gathering through song and story. Love Force explores the universal nature of music, and how through compassion and love we can break down barriers created by religion, cultural traditions, racism and time. Jain invites us to feel the past in the present and to imagine healing through love.
Funded in part by the Lewis A. Crickard '35A Visiting Performing Artists Fund and the Andrew J. Greenebaum 1984 Fund.
Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
Photo by Sandy Aldieri
The career of Sunny Jain is a celebration of cultural diaspora: deep-rooted tradition that ripples outward, changing—and being changed by—the cultures that it touches. He is a composer, drummer, dhol player and thought leader. Jain recently created his theatrical music memoir, Love Force, developed as an Artist-In-Residence and Visiting Scholar at Wesleyan University; and has been announced as a 2025 commissioned artist by NYC cultural pillar Soho Rep. His band and same-named album Wild Wild East (Smithsonian Folkways) has performed across the country to acclaim, and can be found on the NPR Tiny Desk Concert series, along with his seminal global party band, Red Baraat. He also joined Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, The Musical, as Music Producer, and was the Music Director for The Jungle and for Lincoln Center's 60th anniversary celebration.
“A global musical alchemist and cultural agent provocateur.”
Songlines Magazine (UK)
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