Crowdfunding in Nepal It’s awesome to see bands, filmmakers and others using platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo these days in Nepal. Crowdfunding has been all the rage for a while, but this has been the first time I am seeing it here, and it’s great. From Deepak Rauniyar’s ‘Highway’ on Kickstarter (Lex Limbu blogs about [...]
Live at the House of Music, Kathmandu on Sept. 2, 2011.
Audio: Joint Family International “Keep on Knocking” [audio:keeponknocking.mp3] Joint Family International “Them Belly Full” [audio:thembellyfull.mp3] Joint Family International, Lyrics Indy, & Albatross [audio:raprockreggaemedely.mp3] Download the full show (10 quality tracks) of Joint Family Int’l here. Video: These are a few of the videos from Rap, Rock, Reggae, a festival organized by House of Music at [...]
[flickr-gallery mode="photoset" photoset="72157626413225893"] Mohan Gandharba is one of the last living players of a Nepali instrument called the arbaj. It was the primary instrument played by Gandharbas before the sarangi evolved. He is 84 and his health is failing. We went to visit him in his home in Pokhara to talk to him about the [...]
[flickr-gallery mode="photoset" photoset="72157626140307734"] Photos from a multi-band gig called ‘wake up!!! before its too late’ at the House of Music on Feb. 19.
Show @ House of Music in Kathmandu on Feb 19, 2011 See The Doltish at facebook.com/?#!/?pages/?The-Doltish/? 151217454908117
Horny Monks is a band from Kathmandu, Nepal. This is from a multi-band gig called ‘wake up!!! before its too late’ at the House of Music on Feb. 19. Filmed with Canon 7D. Had lots of fun with the black and white, out of focus, fast movement. Finally got into “the zone” of video after [...]