KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Various programs including musical events are being organized at Tundikhel in the vcapital on the eve of Tamu Lhosar, festival of Gurung Community.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: South Asia Foundation (SAF) is organizing Nepal Folk Crafts Festival (INCF) 2017 in Kathmandu from Tuesday.

A pioneer for introducing Gypsy Jazz in Nepal in 2000, Hari Maharjan has been dedicated in the field of music as a guitarist for more than two decades now. Gypsy jazz, which he introduced in Nepal, is a style of jazz music believed to have been started around Paris in the 1930s.

Nepali folk songs have been a fundamental part of our culture for a long time for they carry hints of our lifestyle, language, rites and traditions. However, folk music is losing its authenticity with growing modernization.

Nepathya performed their first ever concert in the Kiwi Island at the Sky City Theatre in Auckland on Friday. According to the press statement released by Nepa-laya, after the concert, the audience thanked the band for bringing the gift of folk taste from Nepal.

Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) organized three-day folk art training with the aim to encourage ethnic communities of Jhapa, including Rajbanshi and Santhal. The workshop concluded on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: Nepali folk music, which is on the verge of extinction, has got a new lifeline and admirers with its exposure to a substantial number of international audiences during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo held recently in Scotland.

Nepali folk music, which is on the verge of extinction, has got a new lifeline and admirers with its exposure to a substantial number of international audiences during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo held recently in Scotland.

Music bands always tend to have fun anecdotes about their origin. In hindsight, it’s always amusing to hear how they unwittingly started a musical legacy and, the percussionist of Kutumba, Pavit Maharjan doesn’t disappoint either. He fondly recalls the day how Nepal’s famous folk instrumental ensemble was basically a couple of friends who opened a “chiya khane office.”

JAJARKOT, Oct 14: One thing that hurts elderly Sher Bahadur Khatri of Khagenkot VDC-6 here is the gradual decline of traditional folk culture and practices during the Dashain festivities in the district.

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: Nepali folk singer and musician Khem Raj Gurung, who was best known for his hit song "Wari Jamuna Pari Jamuna," died on Thursday at Medicare National Hospital and Research Centre, Chabahil. He was 42.