Rock music arrived with young adventurers in the 1960s and '70s. Posch says Nepalis still tell tales of visits by Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Mr. POSCH: In Nepal, I think, Western music came in ...

One of the most popular recording artists in Nepal is Gajab Bahadur Gurung Lama, ... My Brother, the Rock Star in Nepal. November 28, 2006 5:41 PM ET. Heard on Day to Day. By .

The duo plays in three bands in Qatar: Kathmandu Musical Band for the Nepali diaspora audience, Afterlife, a rock-cover band for the expatriate community here and Winterburn, an ambitious original ...

In this Oct. 7, 2016 photo, Buddhist nun and musician Ani Choying Drolma performs during a concert in Mumbai, India. She is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name, not because she’s a ...

Kathmandu, April 4 -- Nepali rock band 1974 AD, known for hits such as 'Parelima', 'Sambodhan', and 'Gurasai Fulyo', is set to perform live in Kathmandu. The concert is part of Rock Yatra 2, co ...

He served as Music Theory Professor at Kathmandu University, and is credited with introducing ‘Gypsy Jazz’ in Nepal, blending jazz and local tunes. Culture in Sync began as a bold idea two years ago ...

Singer Robin Tamang has died at his residence in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu at the age of 60. In 2022, he toured various Australian cities with the Nepali rock band Robin and the New Revolution ...

Nepal's one of the oldest rock bands, Cobweb, is celebrating its 30 years in the industry at the Nepal Festival in Melbourne. Base guitarist of the band Nilesh Joshi spoke to SBS Nepali about ...

Nepali ‘rock star’ nun’s story told in Ani Choying Drolma: Mission Impossible. ... “I hadn’t even heard her music, but all these kids at the school really surprised me,” says Lin.

When one of Nepal's top rock bands took to a stage in Canberra recently, it wasn't expecting a sell-out show. The Nepal-born community in Canberra has increased 80-fold in a decade Nepali is now ...

There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name - not because she's a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl's school and a hospital for kidney ...