What Cheer? Brigade
| What Cheer? Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Genres | Bollywood, klezmer, hip hop, rock |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Don Giovanni Records, Anchor Brain Records |
| Associated acts | B. Dolan, Blondie |
| Website | www |
What Cheer? Brigade is a brass band with approximately 18 active members from Providence, Rhode Island. They perform using exclusively brass instruments, saxophones, and drums in a variety of world styles, such as Indian Bollywood music, Balkan brass, klezmer, as well as American styles such as hip hop, rock, and New Orleans second line music.
What Cheer? Brigade was formed in 2005, drawing inspiration from street brass bands in other cities like New York's Hungry March Band and San Francisco's Extra Action Marching Band. Its first rehearsals were held in Providence's India Point Park. The band's name comes from the motto of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, What Cheer?
The band has performed at the HONK! festival each year since 2006, at Providence Sound Session since 2007, and has played alongside artists such as Lightning Bolt, Okkervil River, Trombone Shorty, Matt and Kim, and many others. In 2007, the band performed at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary and at the Guča trumpet festival in Serbia, as well as in Germany and the Czech Republic. In 2008, the band performed in Machias, Maine, at the Beehive Design Collective's Blackfly Ball and also shared a bill later that year with the B-52s. In 2009, the band performed with Dan Deacon at Lollapalooza in support of his album, Bromst.
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