Experience the Rajasthan Kabir Yatra 2025, a unique folk music festival breaking barriers and celebrating humanity.

Throughout Jodhpur RIFF 2025, from October 2-6, the elements — rain, wind, birdsong, moonlit nights — seemed to play a main ...

The Desert KATS from Barmer, Rajasthan enchant with Rajasthani folk melodies. They are brilliant musicians and singers from the Langa community in western Rajasthan. The trio (they are a quartet) were ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – In his music, the tale is always continual. The narratives do not let go of the past but never shy away from embracing the sensibilities of the present. When he sings, multiple ...

The day I met Kasam Khan Langa, it was late winter. There was not a rain cloud in sight and yet, when he sang out “Aayo aayo sawan aayo, ghar aayo balam” to the accompaniment of the sarangi, dholak ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The setting for the Jodhpur Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) is a 15th-century hilltop fort — one ...

Mangey Khan , widely known as Manga and the lead vocalist of the famous Rajasthani folk band Barmer Boys , passed away at the age of 49. Celebrated for his powerful voice, Khan 's contributions to ...

Noted Rajasthani folk singer Mangey Khan, known for his soulful voice as the lead vocalist of Amarrass Records' band Barmer Boys, died on Wednesday. He was 49. Khan was suffering from a heart ...

Rajasthani folk band Barmer Boys's lead singer Mangey Khan passes away at 49 Mangey Khan, the esteemed lead vocalist of the renowned Rajasthani folk band Barmer Boys, has passed away at the age of 49.