MUMBAI (ANI) – WAVES 2025 featured a compelling session titled “Spotify House: Evolution of Folk Music in India,” bringing together leading voices from India’s rich folk and music traditions.

Goalpariya folk music has expanded beyond its origins, a positive yet concerning development. Punam Barua, a relative of the ...

Learn about Lohri’s traditional songs and dances like Bhangra, Gidda and folk music rooted in Punjabi culture.

MUMBAI (IANS)- Singer Kailash Kher has discussed the evolving music scene in India, emphasizing the growing prominence of independent and folk music recently. When asked about changes in Bollywood ...

Indian folk singer Gopal Maurya (centre) performing in his village in eastern state of Bihar in August 2019. Picture courtsey The Bidesia Project CHENNAI, India, July 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

The global music scene is tuning into something deeply local. The fusion of folk and pop has become more than just a passing trend—it’s a movement that celebrates culture, emotion, and identity. From ...

When I was around four years old, my family moved from our village in Bihar to a town in Jharkhand in eastern India. Growing up, whenever I struggled with my studies, my parents would mention the ...

At the Maati ki Boli event, Shailesh Srivastava presented the lyrical soul of Maharashtra’s folk traditions and highlighted ...

Oral traditions stayed in the margins and were showcased as artifacts. It is wrong to apply Western theories of folk literature to India’s oral traditions. These two volumes of Indian Literature offer ...

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said foreign historians deliberately omitted India’s glorious moments from its recorded history, adding that they have been kept alive for ages ...

New Delhi: After the resounding success of its debut edition, Soundscapes of India returns with Season 2, promising to be even more expansive, inclusive, and inspiring. Conceived and presented by the ...