Part P-Funk, part Punjabi-Funk, BlackMahal is a San Francisco-based live music experience complete with drums, DJs, horns, hip-hop MCs, and the godfather of Punjabi-American music – Ustad Lal Singh Bhatti, the most famous dhol drum and Punjabi vocalist in the world. Over the past 43 years, Bhatti has performed for nearly every U.S. President since Gerald Ford, and has collaborated with the Black Eyed Peas, The Doors and many other major artists. BlackMahal has rocked major concerts across North America including the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, with features in Rolling Stone, Wired, San Francisco Chronicle, and rotation on the BBC’s most influential radio station, Radio 1. BlackMahal is a thoroughly modern collage of sound that is 100% funky and very San Francisco.
BlackMahal
Personnel
Lal Singh Bhatti – Vocals
Vijay Chattha – MC
Jon Cook – Drums
Tim Chang – Bass
Satish Pillai – Keyboard
Jay Slim – DJ, turntables
Sandeep Bhatt – Saxophone
Mandeep Sethi – MC
Pangfua Her – Vocals
Dave Wood – Horns