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Radio City has come up with a new regional show ‘Aapni Bhasha Aapno Swag’ to promote Rajasthani music and celebrate regional pride. Introducing contemporary Rajasthani music in playlists across ...

The Desert KATS from Barmer, Rajasthan enchant with Rajasthani folk melodies. They are brilliant musicians and singers from the Langa community in western Rajasthan. The trio (they are a quartet) were ...

All non commercial music was recorded live by Eloise Stevens on location. Amid the barren shrub of the Rajasthan deserts, lives a vibrant and rich folk tradition. This music has always been performed ...

There are those who train to be musicians. Then there are those who seem to be just born with it, to whom musical genius comes naturally. Rajasthani folk artiste Asin Khan Langa (35) seems to belong ...

You’ve heard his voice on songs such as ‘Baawre’ in Luck By Chance (2009); ‘Aitbaar’ from Nobody Killed Jessica (2011) and ‘Chakora’ from Mirzya (2016). And you’ve probably seen him on the widely ...

Mehrangarh Fort will celebrate the first edition of the Jodhpur Flamenco & Gypsy Festival. Enjoy a three-day musical extravaganza this March in Rajasthan that will bring the best flamenco traditions ...

It was an evening to celebrate the fusion of traditional Rajasthani music with the sounds of violin and guitar and the music indeed had a magical effect on the guests who were witness to a joint ...

The day I met Kasam Khan Langa, it was late winter. There was not a rain cloud in sight and yet, when he sang out “Aayo aayo sawan aayo, ghar aayo balam” to the accompaniment of the sarangi, dholak ...

Imagine, as a musician, getting a gig first and having to figure out the material after. “We kind of had to work backwards,” says Mumbai singer-songwriter and harp artist Nush Lewis, who will ...