Cutting Chai
Cutting Chai logo: a guitar headstock shaped like a glass of chai

Cutting Chai कड़क desi music

Bollywood, ghazal, sufi and bhajan, brewed strong with pop-rock. A three-to-seven piece live band from New Jersey, sized to your room: a sit-down bhajan jam or a sangeet that needs a dance floor.

On the stoveShows

Sample, Sat November 202614 Nov
Diwali Night, Edison NJ
Doors 8 PM, tickets $25
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Last poured

Thu, September 202610 Sep
The Delancey, New York City
Double bill with Rhythm Tolee

About usWhy "cutting"?

A cutting chai is half a glass, brewed twice as strong. That's the set: Hindi chart hits, a ghazal that quiets the room, then a sufi build that puts it back on its feet.

75+shows played
3years brewing
3-7players, your pick
🎤 Vocals🎸 Guitars🎸 Bass🎹 Keys🥁 Drums🪘 Tabla

Backyard sangeets to a Manhattan club stage. Three of us for a bhajan evening, all seven for a wedding floor.

Rain or shine, outdoor set
Sangeet recap
Keys cam, rehearsal

Each card is one Instagram reel embedded on the page. Tap plays here, without leaving the site.

The teamWho's brewing

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What's the occasion?

How kadak is your event?
MellowFull party
Build-upEasy through dinner, then we turn it up until the floor is full. Most sangeets.

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