I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar alongside Les Thompson, a founding member of the pioneering SoCal folk and ...

More than two decades after its theatrical debut, veteran playback icon Udit Narayan’s timeless Nepali festive anthem ...

KATHMANDU: Eating just nun, khursani and dhido and wandering around the remote villages collecting words and tunes of songs seem quite crazy an idea in these sophisticated days. But this was exactly ...

Samundra band, an ensemble that plays age-old Nepali tunes, recomposing many in new forms, is known for updating cherished old music for contemporary times. With members Anil Gandharba on sarangi and ...

Nepali Folk instrumental band, Kutumb Band, has emphasized the significance of raising awareness among the younger generation about traditional music. Talking to SBS Nepali, two band members, Pavit ...

Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder and curator of the museum, has been collecting the musical instruments since 1995 together with his wife Nanda Sharma. His passion has taken him to all 77 districts of ...

Salil Subedi has never been to Australia but his passion for playing Didgeridoo has helped him introduce its sound to Nepali music. He spoke to SBS Nepali about how he was introduced to this ...

If you like Nepali folk songs, you must have come across a hirsute man on Youtube, singing old, familiar songs with an unusual accent and lilt. The backdrops to the music videos are always mountains ...

A year ago in the hilltop town of Kirtipur overlooking Kathmandu, musicians started to experiment with a blend of Appalachian Bluegrass with the mewl of the sarangi from the Himalaya. Zoe Levitt, a ...

It was 1990 when three young college boys who came to study at Nepal's Capital Kathmandu from the picturesque lake town of Pokhara, and fed on a diet of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Kitaro and Pandit ...

When Deepti D’Cunha was on her maiden visit to Sikkim in 2011, she found herself being chased by a song everywhere. The “immensely hummable” tune put her in “a skippy, joyous mood” every time, even ...

Under the vibrant lights of the World Culture Festival, Nepali singer Madan Gopal mesmerised the audience with a heartfelt rendition of Lambi Judai, paying tribute to Pakistan's legendary folk singer ...