Ambassador of Rajasthan’s folk traditions, Kutle Khan, talks to us about his global journey and his performance at the Sacred ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MUMBAI, (IANS) – The track ‘Chaudhary’, composed by Amit Trivedi for Coke Studio, is back in a new form this time featuring singers Jubin Nautiyal, Yohani, and Mame Khan. The song, written by Shelle, ...

Backed by a gritty oral narrative passed on from one generation to another, folk musicians around the world have been providing healing and happiness to society for centuries through their ...

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 ...

Rajasthani folk artists from the Ismail Langa group have created a unique version of Shakira's hit song Waka Waka (This Time For Africa). The video, which blends the hit English song with traditional ...

Come October, Jodhpur’s iconic Mehrangarh Fort will once again reverberate with the sound of folk music from across the world including Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Switzerland, Portugal, ...

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 ...