Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm welcome from the Indian diaspora and Japanese artists as he landed in Tokyo on Friday morning for a two-day official visit to Japan. The Japanese community ...

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, ...

Traditional French children’s songs are a beloved part of French culture, passed down through generations. These songs are often simple, catchy, and fun, making them easy for young children to learn ...

American folk songs are old songs that tell real stories. Many were passed down by ear, not written on paper. They speak about love, loss, work, hope, and the hard parts of life. Some are sweet and ...

A Russian woman shared a video of herself dancing as Rajasthani folk artists sang for her. The video has delighted the internet. A video of a Russian woman dancing while Rajasthani folk artists sing ...

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 ...

Folk songs are incredibly multifaceted. Folks write folk songs to capture the climate of the given time, to dissect the given emotion of any moment, and ultimately, to articulate a nuance that can’t ...

Music has always been a balm for the soul. DJ and music producer Hamza Rahimtula of Delhi has taken up the challenge of creating India’s own house music that will cater to a global audience. He has ...

It is worth mentioning that this list is far from exhaustive. I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still ...

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 ...

For an art form or tradition to fade away, it only needs to be skipped by a single generation. This is exactly what happened with the ghuraliya — an instrument once played by the Kalbeliya community ...