Rajasthan Roots

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Rajasthan Roots is a collective fusion band consisting of folk musicians from Rajasthan. They create folk and contemporary music. [1] [2] [3]

They use various instruments: Morchang (Jew's harp), Khurtal (Castanets), Algoza (Pungi), Khamaicha (Bowed string instrument), Nagara, [4] Khol, Ektara, Bansuri, Tabla, Tambura and Harmonium. Rajasthan Roots (Aditya Bhasin, Nathoo Lal Solanki,Kutle Khan, Bismillah Khan and Nancy) appeared on the TV music program The Dewarists in 2011 in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan; [5] there they recorded a song named Changing World with Shri and Monica Dogra. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "The charm of Rajasthani folk". The Times of India . 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Fusion band recreates desert magic". The Times of India . 13 February 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Rajasthan Roots rocked Lucknow". The Times of India . 5 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Artirts Rajasthan Roots, Jaipur". Krunk Live. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Kulkarni, Reshma (December 4, 2011). "A long and winding road-Shrikanth Sriram interview". The Hindu . Visakhapatnam. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ Yasin, Fozia (8 November 2011). "'There's no need to ape the West'". Asian Age. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Changing World on YouTube — The Dewarists (2011, S01E05)


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