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Saturday, March 22, 2008

River songs from Assam in pop avatar

"Indian folk music is changing rhythm to please the global village. Boatman’s songs and Bihu festival tunes from Assam are being reset to the beats of techno-pop and soft rock, courtesy the East India Company band. A folk-rock band from the northeastern state, it has taken the lead in changing the traditional sounds from the banks of the Brahmaputra to cater to an essentially young and uninitiated international audience."
Read full article on http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/river-songs-from-assam-in-pop-avatar_10030032.html

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