Bob Dylan sells treasure trove of archive material

Bob Dylan has sold his personal archive of notes, draft lyrics, poems, artwork and photographs to the University of Tulsa, where they will be made available to scholars and curated for public exhibitions, the school said on Wednesday. The 6,000...

Travel Abroad 03 Mar, 2016

8th Int'l Folk Festival from March 2

Kathmandu, February 8 The 8th edition of International Folk Festival is going to be held in Nepal from March 2 to 11 this year. Unlike in the past, the Festival will be organised in various places in the mofussil. The festival was capital...

Horoscopes 09 Feb, 2016

50 years later, Bob Dylan's electric guitar returns to Newport

The guitar that Bob Dylan used to go electric at the Newport Folk Festival 50 years ago is back in Newport. "Dylan's guitar is home," festival producer Jay Sweet said through a spokeswoman Friday, the opening day of this year's three-day...

Travel Abroad 25 Jul, 2015

Obama jokes, swigs beer with Bavarians

KRUEN: Joking that he wanted to buy a pair of lederhosen leather shorts, US President Barack Obama drank beer and mixed with Bavarians in a light-hearted start to his trip to Germany, before turning to more serious talks on the conflict in...

Women 08 Jun, 2015

onnected to her roots

Kathmandu:She can pass as a carefree and adventurous youngster any day, but in addition to being a music lover Benedicte Maurseth is also a musician and a singer. She has been involved in taking traditional Norwegian music to various parts of the...

Travel Abroad 04 Nov, 2008

Jagger to attend folk fest in India

NEW DELHI:The Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF), one of the top five indigenous music carnivals in the world, has a starry patron — Mick Jagger, lead vocalist of the Rolling Stones.Jagger has agreed to become the patron and a mascot of the...

Travel Abroad 18 Sep, 2008

Noon of folk colours

Kathmandu:Everyone was in a jubilant mood, cheering the performers from different countries who presented their traditional dances at Khula Manch on June 7. The talented performers from different countries like Latvia, the US, Costa Rica, Nigeria,...

Travel Abroad 07 Jun, 2008

Harmony in fusion

KATHMANDU: People from every walk of life was held spellbound as musicians from three countries — Norway, China and Nepal — wove their magic at the Patan Durbar Square Museum on August 23. The concert organised by the Nepal Music Centre (NMC) in...

Travel Abroad 24 Aug, 2007

Closing of Forde Folk Festival

Kathmandu: Nepal Music Centre is organising a ‘Return Visit: Forde Folk Festival (Talent ‘07)’ from August 20 to 24. In the annual Forde Festival, Norwegian government provides a platform for talents from two countries to take part which is held...

Travel Abroad 20 Aug, 2007

Nepali melodies in Norway

KATHMANDU:Three talented music artistes are heading for Norway on June 28 to participate in the Forde International Folk Festival, the biggest musical festival in Norway. This has been made possible by Nepal Music Centre in association with the...

Travel Abroad 21 Jun, 2007

Jazzmandu beckons

KATHMANDU: In less than a week, one of the most extravagant musical festivals that the Capital has been celebrating for the last five years will begin. Yes, people we talking about none other than the ‘biggest Jazz party in the Himalayas’ the Surya...

Travel Abroad 06 Oct, 2006

TOPICS : Crisis of culture in China

A cultural campaign aimed at reviving the zest of China’s national folk festivals has failed to generate the enthusiastic response hoped by government officials — this despite an unusual apology issued by the culture minister for half a century of...

15 Aug, 2006