Inside buses on their daily commute Nepalis are used to listening to familiar-sounding songs that feature alternating female and male voices, responding to one another, often cheekily. Called lok ...

Gajendra Maharjan, left, Shreesha Maharjan, middle, and Surendra Maharjan, right, perform music from the Newari region of Nepal on traditional drums at the Nepali Jatra festival at the Longmont Museum ...

Samundra band, an ensemble that plays age-old Nepali tunes, recomposing many in new forms, is known for updating cherished old music for contemporary times. With members Anil Gandharba on sarangi and ...

I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar alongside Les Thompson, a founding member of the pioneering SoCal folk and ...

When Dil Khadka was a boy in Bhutan, he made his first instrument — a bamboo flute — by hand. Inspired by the music he heard on the radio, he cut bamboo from the forest and burnt holes into it using a ...

SBS NepaliIndependent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Nepali-speaking Australians. Mum Mane AmaStories about women of Nepali heritage in Australia who are about to become ...

When Deepti D’Cunha was on her maiden visit to Sikkim in 2011, she found herself being chased by a song everywhere. The “immensely hummable” tune put her in “a skippy, joyous mood” every time, even ...

Folk singer Pashupati Sharma removed ‘Lootna sake loot Kanchha, aru deshma paidaina, Nepalmai ho chhoot,’ a satirical Nepali song he penned against misrule, corruption and extravagant expenditure, ...

Bhaktapur has begun early celebrations for the Nepali New Year with the nine-day Biska Jatra festival. The ancient city is filled with music and festivities, featuring performances by the Newa ...