“But the songs have changed a lot. These days it is not as emotional as before.” Cultural historians agree that the commercialisation of the entertainment industry and the advent of YouTube and ...

Gandarbhas are a nomadic musician caste who for centuries have wandered the hills here, playing songs to earn a living. After the last note, our Nepali friends launch into their folk anthem ...

A popular Nepali folk singer says he removed a satirical song on corruption from YouTube after the youth wing of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) allegedly threatened him, local media ...

McDonough has recorded dozens of videos singing folk, pop and rap songs in fluent Nepali. His channel has amassed over 6 million views and more than 70,000 subscribers. He’s even been ...

Singer Shrinkhala Joshi decided to shoot her Nepali folk song music video on Sydney trains, wearing traditional Nepali attire. The song titled "Sydney Jhaney Rail" translates to "the train that ...

“As part of the programme, representatives of a culture would teach a song to the whole group. I did the same by teaching Resham Firiri to my peer group,” said Ankita. Resham Firiri is a popular ...

The influence of Himalayan folk tunes is predominant in Bipul Chettri’s tracks such as ‘Wildfire’ (Dadhelo), a Nepali song on the annual forest fires in the hills. Or, ‘Asaar’ on ...