The strong line-up of female folk musicians at the festival this year include the well-known Rajasthani folk singer Sundar, who joined her equally illustrious daughter Ganga to open the festival on ...

Manganiyar musicians from Konara and Jaisindhar at a recording session in Binjasar, Barmer district. | Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies. The steed ...

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 ...

A young man's energetic dance to 'Chaudhary' with Rajasthani folk performers at Chokhi Dhani has gone viral on social media.

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 ...

Bharat Gurjar has been promoting folk songs and Rajasthani folk songs with his unique style and has become a rising star in the Rajasthani music scene. His songs are a perfect blend of traditional and ...

The unsung Manganiyar and Langa musical heroes are all set to dazzle at the Mick Jagger-backed Jodhpur RIFF roots music festival from October 2 to 6 this year. Backed by a gritty oral narrative passed ...

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 Indian playback singer, who has lent his voice to some popular Bollywood songs while creating a repertoire of his own over the years, says the film industry and genre are exchanging a lot of ...

Noted Rajasthani folk singer Mangey Khan, known for his soulful voice as the lead vocalist of Amarrass Records' band Barmer Boys, died on Wednesday. He was 49. Khan was suffering from a heart ...