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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Dawn at Mehrangarh Fort, which sits majestically atop a hillock in Jodhpur, is said to be magical. And when this moment is accompanied by the strains of a nirguni bhajan by the vocal quartet Sharma ...

Rajsthani folk singer Mame Khan will take the stage for a special performance at the opening day of Cannes Film Festival 2022, for which he has curated a special playlist and hopes he is able to do ...

Nysa Devgn is currently having the time of her life with Orhan Awatramani and other friends at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan and these photos are proof! Dressed in a white floral wrap dress with a plunging ...