All longtime NY musicians, the five members of Bombay Rickey have done previous work with John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, Chicha Libre, and Alarm Will Sound, to name a few. The band features Kamala Sankaram: vocals, accordion Drew Fleming: guitar, vocals and Jeff Hudgins: alto saxophone, vocals with Gil Smuskowitz: upright bass and Brian Adler: percussion. Though only in existence for a couple of years, Bombay Rickey has already become a fixture at the world famous Brooklyn club Barbés, performed live on WFMU radio, and has had an original song featured in a television commercial for Citibank. With a unique sound evocative of ‘60s movie soundscapes, the band plays both covers and original music that borrow equally from the worlds of surf rock, cumbia, spaghetti-Western, and Bollywood, balanced out with a little coloratura soprano. Can you give me Another moment of sun Shine on me As if Im the only one As your bright days They touch me Turquoise waves whisper my name Zanzibar. Called “the future of music” (New York Music Daily), Bombay Rickey is a five-piece band from Ditmas Park, Brooklyn that defies easy categorization. Marcus Machado & Justa Lujwangana) Koku Gonza. Cinefonia is Bombay Rickey's debut record, released September 13, 2014.
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