Melodies for Peace

Music is one of the strongest forms of divine we are celebrating. Music is the strongest power we human have ever introduced. Music can be used in almost every aspect that human has come through. This is once again proved by a magical and mystical melodies and rhythm of one of the well established instrumental band Kutumba. The instrumental band is creating great melodies for bridging insecurity, inferiority and antagonist between different people living in same boundaries yet realizing incongruity.


Recently, Kutumba concluded one more step of their project named “Kutumba Sangai Hatemalo” in Janakpur, one of the historically rich places within our boundary Nepal. From 11th October to 18th October, Kutumba journeyed in Janakpur for the project and worked with different artists at Mithila Natyakala Parishad (MINAP), an apex institute of Maithili theatre and Chitragupta Sanskritik Kendra to expand their repertoire of Nepali folk music with Maithili culture.

With the noble cause of the project, Kutumba is trying to preserve the cultures and ethnic instruments from different regions of country. Also, this project surely gives few steps towards preserving and developing these cultures for our next generation. Moreover, from my point of view, it’s bridging the uncertain gaps between different social and cultural differences between us.

I would like to give big thumbs up to this project and all the people and organizations behind the project that came up and support for this to be a reality. Without which we wouldn’t be able to feel the importance of our culture and motivate to protect and develop for future generations. Keep producing melodic vibes to bring the world together.

For more info:
http://www.kutumba.com.np/

Jazz Fevour

After a whole year stay out of music industry, I came back and feel somethings are going out of order and some new things came in to the industry. Well this is how our world is going around playing with dark and non dark side, hiding and showing towards the sun and its glorious light.

Well, without establishing more lengthier introduction I'll like to move onto the point.

Its not new to Nepali music industry, but it was really new for me. At least I'd not seen this kind of thing in our industry before. In fact, our industry had already tasted this genre and musicians before I came in touch with them. The big news is a progressive JAZZ band in our place. This band is "Trouble Clef."

The band members are Mariano E. Abello (Spain) on Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe; Kiran Shahi (Nepal) on Drums, Percussion; Rajat Rai (Nepal) on Guitar and Roshan Gurung on Bass Guitar. I call this band a progressive jazz band not only they cover some progressive jazz band but they do some ballades and eastern tunes improvised and presented in they own dashing way.

The KJC teachers' exertion to bring some new sensational vibes into the industry is really appreciable and watchable.

But, as good new comes after bad, sometimes bad news follows the good. Here, I mean is by the time I update this post, the bass guitarist Roshan Gurung had already fly towards UK leaving the band incomplete. But still there will be someone who can take his place and keep the vibes of Trouble Clef back to the listeners.