Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The setting for the Jodhpur Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) is a 15th-century hilltop fort — one ...
Throughout Jodhpur RIFF 2025, from October 2-6, the elements — rain, wind, birdsong, moonlit nights — seemed to play a main ...
A typical folk performance from Rajasthan took place at Jaipur’s Jawahar Kala Kendra, with musicians wearing colourful Rajasthani turbans playing various instruments – harmonium, khartal, bhapang, ...
Even after mastering eight instruments and touring over 70 nations as performer, Kutle Khan, one of Rajasthan's most famous Folk artistes, scouted for musicians in villages across Jaisalmer, Barmer ...
NEW DELHI, (IANS) – In his music, the tale is always continual. The narratives do not let go of the past but never shy away from embracing the sensibilities of the present. When he sings, multiple ...
Ja ja re apne mandirva, a classical bandish (a melodic composition), is once again on the lips of Indian music enthusiasts, almost 300 years after it was written and composed by Sadarang aka Naimat ...
The rhythms of 'Padharo Mhare Desh' will be highlighted by the Manganiar community at the Monte Music Fest in Old Goa next month. Dare Khan will play the 700-year-old Kamaycha. The Khans have ...
“Music is in our blood and we sing tunes of the soil for the almighty,” said Anwar Khan Manganiyar as he made the audience swoon to a traditional composition in raga Khamaj. With the waxing moon ...