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 ...

Their characteristic Rajasthani attire and instruments — kamaycha, kartal and dholak — transport listeners to the mystical realms of traditional Rajasthani folk and Sufi music. Meet the Manganiyar ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Music has always been a universal language, with cultures across the world developing unique instruments that reflect their ...