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The sun is about to shine on local band RaBy Shaun SuhoskiCorrespondentEOMINSTER - Ra vocalist and songwriter Sahaj has beenMembers of Ra, from left: guitarist BenCarroll, drummer Skoota Warner, leadsinger Sahaj, and bassist Sean Corcoranplay a dress rehearsal at Liquid Mondaynight.singing since he was five years old.Based upon the music contained on Ra's first full-length CD,“From One” on Universal Records, he may end upsinging until he’s 65.Ra headlines an 18-plus show tomorrow night at ClubLiquid. 54 Main St. Rear, in downtown Leominster.used in the Tiger Wood's III golf video game put out by EA Sports.The material on “From One includes songs such as “My Name and “Rectifier from the band’s initial demo CD, simply titled “One,” which spawned the growing media attention and buzz about the band.Wolfpak, Blind By Noon and locals Medium roundSahaj said that, thus far, sales of the new full-out the bill.length disk “have exceeded the label’s expectation.Hearing Ra’s dress rehearsal for their head-Sahaj grew up in New York in what initially soundslining slot at tonight’s WAAF Monster Bash atlike a typical household.“My dad was a used car salesman, and my mom was ateacher,” the talented performer said Monday night fol-iiililfill tilllowing a rehearsal in club Liquid. “But the rest of myfamily is all into entertainment.”His sister, Rachel Ticotin, played Arnold Shwarzenegger’s girlfriend on Mars in the film Total Recall” (“Sharon Stone was the ‘other’ter is an actress on Broadway, and his brothergirl in the movie,” quipped Sahaj), another sis-is an assistant director in Hollywood .“If I’d become a lawyer. I’d have been the black sheep of the family,” joked Sahaj.But the storv of Ra is more about the music.the Roxy in Boston , one wonders why it took so long for a label to discover this artist.Sahaj and Warner toiled in relative obscurity on the New York circuit for five years before getting noticed at last year’s NEMO showcase in Boston.Sahaj heaps credit for the band's New England breakthrough on the efforts of WAAF air personality Mistress Carrie, ironically, aLeominster native.IfVd become a lawyer;Sahaj’s songwriting blends thoughtful lyrics into a melange of sound that can evoke both“’AAF is the station that will play new bands and Carrie was able to convince the program director to add i Ra) to the playlist,” he said. Mistress Carrie is my queen.As Ra waits for their debut album to break44motivation and meditation within a singleFd have been thesong. Listening to Ra’s run-through of their 60-minute set of music one is struck by the rich at-black sheep of thefamily.9mospheres, driving beat, thudding bass and expressive vocals throughout.With Sahaj’s soaring vocals out front, guitarist Ben Carroll deftly switches from manicRa vocalistand songwriter4%Sahajcrunch, to searing lead to fluid Egyptian-like nuances anchored by the solid rhythmic tan-dem of drummer Skoota Warner and bassistnationally - which it most assuredly w ill - the group w ill tour the northeast corridor through the end of this year and see what type of tourdevelops for 2003.“It looks very promising in the new year, Sahaj said. “We hope the record continues to react and we tour constantly.Ra’s website www.raband.net stresses the strik-Sean Corcoran.The band’s current hit, “Do You Know My»*ftir11Name,” has garnered substantial airplay onWAAF (107.3 EM and undoubtedly helpeding music and visuals of the band’s live shows. Indeed, a lighting rig equipped with various strobes, lasers, Robo-scans and whirligigs was put through its paces during the dress rehearsals. Rob Pariseau of the cover band One Trackspur an initial distribution of 50,000 copies ofMind was on hand for the run-through and kid-“From One” to major retailers includingded that Ra’s showr at the 2500-seat Roxy wouldNewbury Comics, Best Buy and FIE.be “a good warm-up gig” for their appearance“Do You Know My Name” has two mix versions, one by Toby Wright and another by PaulLogus, who produces the music with Sahaj.Friday at Liquid.Tickets for the 9 p.m. concert are a very modest $8 forage 21-plus and $10 forages 18-20.Call 978-840-3500 or log on to www.liquidat-The remix was required because the song was night.com for more information.
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