The Bombay Royale was formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2010 by Andy Williamson. The band composes its music collaboratively with major contributions from saxophonist and band leader Andy Williamson, keyboard player Matty Vehl, bassist Bob Knob and guitarist Tom Martin. The band also performs songs in English, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi. The vocal lines and lyrics to The Bombay Royale's songs are written mostly by lead vocalist Shourov Bhattacharya in Hindi and Bengali. However, it now composes and performs its own original music, synthesizing Indian classical and folk music with Western styles such as surf, rock and disco.
Early in its career, the band performed covers of popular Hindi songs from that era such as Jaan Pehechaan Ho and Dum Maro Dum. The Bombay Royale is heavily inspired by the soundtracks of 1960's and 1970's Bollywood movies. The band released its second music video Henna Henna in May 2014 and is due to release its second album The Island of Dr Electrico in June 2014 under the HopeStreet Recording label. debut, playing at globalFEST in New York City and at The Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C. In January 2014, The Bombay Royale made its U.S. and has played at other major festivals including WOMAD (in Australia, NZ and U.K.) and Woodford Folk Festival. In 2013, the band was booked to play at Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. The Bombay Royale released its first album You Me Bullets Love in April 2012 and was chosen as iTunes Breakthrough World Music Album for 2012. The band was conceived by musical director Andy Williamson who also plays saxophone.
The band composes and performs music inspired by the soundtracks of 1960's and 1970's Bollywood movies. The Bombay Royale is an 11-piece Australian band fronted by singers Parvyn Kaur Singh and Shourov Bhattacharya and led by Andy Williamson.
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