Ajeet Singh Gurjar, also known as Ajeet Bainsla, is making waves with his dedication to the upliftment of Rajasthani folk music. Along with his younger brother Aman Bainsla, Ajeet started Bainsla ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 unique fusion concert of Dhrupad and Rajasthani folk music had the American-Indian audience jumping up to sway to the irresistible beat Dhrupad, a pristine form of Hindustani classical music that ...

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, ...