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Archive Music 2000-2004


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2000-2004


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Recognition Of Talents: Infinity International - a social organization, promotes Nepalese music by recognizing talents (sp 24/12/2004)

All-girl band, by Anjali Subedi (kp 25/11/2004)

Deusi-Bhailo new rage in Valley, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 16/11/2004)

Singing of love and longing Displacement and diaspora have set off a burst of creativity in Nepali music, by CK Lal (nt 12/11/2004)

Kishor Gurung in concert, by Kanchan (kp 07/11/2004)

Passion For Music: A close look at the career of Bajracharya reveals that Nepalese music industry can look for brighter future, by Thakur Amgai (sp 15/10/2004)

Ode to music, by Amber Gurung (kp 14/10/2004)

Young Achiever: The popularity earned by Sindhu Malla as a singer in hardly half a decade has increased the audience's expectations from her, by Thakur Amgai (sp 08/10/2004)

Songs for Smarika (nt 24/09/2004)

Promising Talent: Sugam Pokharel, probably the most popular pop singer of the recent years, marks a bright future of Nepali music in the years ahead, by Thakur Amgai (sp 24/09/2004)

Navin Shrestha's Songs: Expressions Of Realities, by Thakur Amgai (sp 17/09/2004)

In Parallel Lines: Three decades of persistence has established Ram Thapa as a popular folk singer and a noted musician, by Thakur Amgai (sp 10/09/2004)

Sanjeep Shrestha's Sounds and Senses, by Anjali Subedi (kp 15/08/2004)

Nima keeps his Faith for loyal fans, by Kanchan Burathoki (kp 13/08/2004)

Nabin Kumar Bhattarai: King Of Pop, by Thakur Amgai (06/08/2004)

The Ritu of Beauty & Elegance, by Kanchan Burathoki & Caesar Rana (kp 12/07/2004)

Music videos Proven magic?, By Anjali Subedi (kp 09/07/2004)

Anil Singh Presently defined and explored, by Caesar Rana (kp 08/07/2004)

Ram Krishna Dhakal The evergreen, by Caesar Rana (kp 05/07/2004)

Souvenir From London: Situ Kharel’s third music album is coming up with new songs of classical touch, by Thakur Amgai (sp 02/07/2004)

Studios suffer from increasing delivery hitches, by Paras Kharel (kp 27/06/2004)

No Asare songs this year for Dolakha farmers (rn 13/06/2004)

Murchunga & its Musical Mantras, by Pragya Kharel Rajouria (kp 16/05/2004)

Two-sided nepali drum, by Mamata Pokharel (kp 06/05/2004)

Bid to make Sarangi popular among youths (ht 22/03/2004)

Gaines are us: The songs of the Gaines carry the Nepali soul, by Naresh Newar (nt 30/01/2004), Gaines in concert, by Saurav Jung Thapa (kp 31/01/2004), Indigenous music festival kicks off (ht 31/01/2004), Gandharba show sees 16 gaineys perform (ht 01/02/2004), Slow death knell for symbol of Nepali culture, by Robin Giri (ht 02/02/2004), Not at their cost (ht 03/02/2004)

Ancient Mithila’s musical instruments disappearing (rn 30/01/2004)

Ambar Gurung & ‘Sounds of Words’, by Shiva Rijal (kp 30/01/2004)

Ghatam beats bring divinity of music, by Caesar Rana (kp 18/01/2004)

Dholak, flute on verge of extinction (kp 10/01/2004)

Musical path to preserving traditions, by Renu Kshetry (ht 30/12/2003)

Pop music in decadence, by Mahabir Paudel (kp 25/12/2003)

Blending of west and east inevitable to boost Nepali music, by Kumud Bhandari (kp 21/12/2003)

Resurgence of Maithili music (kp 17/12/2003)

Musical rhapsodies, by Kishor Gurung (kp 07/12/2003)

Emerging Nepali Classical Guitarists, by Caesar Rana (Kathmandu Post, 26/10/2003)

Dynamics of ethnomusicology, by Shiva Rijal (Kathmandu Post, 25/10/2003)

Need to conserve folk songs (Himalayan Times, 25/08/2003)

Music Industry: Sustaining A Crescendo Of Creativity, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 30/05/2003)

Collecting party workers does not make movement, interview with Robin (Rajendra) Sharma (People's Review, 22/05/2003)

Reviving Use Of Madal, Damaha, by Indra Adhikari (Rising Nepal, 14/03/2003)

Ambar Gurung: a poet-singer, by Abhi Subedi (Space Time Today, 02/03/2003)

Kunti’s triple trophy (Nepali Times, 28/02/2003)

He takes words from soil and turn them into songs, interview with Sahadev Dhungana (People's Review, 27/02/2003)

Folk instruments on way out (Himalayan Times, 29/01/2003)

Classical & folk fusion flight captures audience imagination, by Rupak D Sharma (Space Time Today, 20/12/2002)

A votary of Music, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 15/12/2002)

1974 AD Rock Yatra (Nepali Times, 13/12/2002)
See also Rock Yatra: Short, sweet and chaotic, by Aashish Raj Shahi & Suraj Dawadi (Space Time Today, 15/12/2002), Rock yatra pandemonium, by Bikash Sangraula (Kathmandu Post, 16/12/2002)

Sing us a sad song, Fatteman Dai, by Manjushree Thapa (Nepali Times, 06/12/2002)

One man mission to preserve Nepal’s folk music, by Rupak D Sharma (Space Time Today, 05/12/2002)

Valley’s traditional musical instruments face extinction (Himalayan Times, 19/11/2002)

Promotion of traditional musical instruments urged, by Indra Adhikari (Rising Nepal, 12/10/2002)

In search of lost music, by Phudorji Lama Sherpa (Nepali Times, 04/10/2002)

Young Dhaa players show regard to age-old tradition, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2002)

Singer Dhakal’s ‘Aadhar’ released (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2002)

Legendary singer re-lives his charisma with bhule-birshe numbers, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2002)

Thus Danfe flys away from Damphu (Kathmandu Post, 11/07/2002)

Nepali Folk Instruments, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (Rising Nepal, 10/07/2002)

Wegner & Dhimay, by Perina Pathak (Sunday Post, 07/07/2002)

Time out with 1974 AD, by Poonam Karmacharya (Kathmandu Post, 19/05/2002)

Vanishing musical instruments reintroduced in Bhaktapur (Kathmandu Post, 26/04/2002)

Lady in red entertains audience with ‘Chtoe’, by Tashi Dolma Thinley (Kathmandu Post, 09/04/2002)

Nepalese Music's Popularity Rests On Folk Melody (Spotlight, 05/04/2002)
Interview with Santosh Sharma, director of Music Nepal Private Limited

Training on folk musical instrument (Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2002)

Close Up Hits FM Music Awards: Tunes Of Talent, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 08/02/2002)

Time to preserve folk musical instruments, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2002)
See also Traditional musical instruments on the verge of extinction (Kathmandu Post, 10/02/2002)

Hits FM Music Awards: Sharmila rules the roost in women’s categories, by Arhan Sthapit (Rising Nepal, 03/02/2002)

Music of the gods, by Alok Tumbahangphey (Nepali Times, 01/02/2002)

Robin’s Nepal (Nepali Times, 25/01/2002)
On Robin Tamang

Let them eat cake, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 25/01/2002)
On Narayan Gopal

Hundreds of manuscripts gather dust at Academy, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 18/01/2002)

Folk Music: People's Melodies, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 28/12/2001)

Sitar Sudha, by Salil Subedi (Nepali Times, 21/12/2001)

Tungna ko dhun ma dada pari, by Perina Pathak (Sunday Post, 18/11/2001)

A multi-lingual songster, 9-year-old Suman enthrals audience, by Ranjana Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 11/11/2001)

Murchunga: vanishing, by Perina Pathak (Sunday Post, 23/09/2001)

Bidhan Shrestha: singing for art's sake, by Pragya Rajouria (Sunday Post, 22/07/2001)

Khem Raj Gurung: Winning Nepali Hearts, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 18/05/2001)

Fanning the faith of singers, by Binay Kr Pokharel (Sunday Post, 13/05/2001)

Music Piracy: Haunted By Thefts, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 13/04/2001)

Simplicity, sophistication blend well in Kunti's voice, by Arhan Sthapit (Rising Nepal, 18/03/2001)

Deep Shrestha bags 3 Hits Awards (Kathmandu Post, 11/03/2001)

Younger generation lured by Western music, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2001)

Our Music Is Definitely Not For The Masses, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 02/02/2001)
Interview with Sunil Dev Pant, front man of Ugra Karma, a death metal band

Lesson from people's artists, by Shreedahr Gautam (People's Review, 18/01/2001)

Dhimey: Traditional Jyapu musical instrument, by Shraddha Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 17/01/2001)

Doing hip-hop & rap, by Sareeka Yongpang Rai

Narayan Gopal had said to me, 'this boy will definitely become something' (People's Review, 02/11/2000)
Interview with Ram Krishna Dhakal

Naulo all the way (Sunday Post, 10/09/2000)

Improvisation Of Music, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 14/07/2000)

In memory of Gopal Yonzon: A lively evening of patriotic songs, by Sarad Pradhan (Sunday Post, 07/05/2000)

Mellifluous classical music making comeback, by Subina Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 27/04/2000)

Yonzan music show planned (Kathmandu Post, 15/04/2000)

Community music of Nepal: An overview, by Shobha Tiwari (Sunday Post, 02/04/2000)

Gurung voted ‘Musician of the Century’ (Kathmandu Post, 02/04/2000)

Ambar Gurung bags Image Awards 2056 (The Kathmandu Post, 17 January 2000)

Hits’ Music Awards: Dhakal makes hat-trick (The Rising Nepal, 16 January 2000)

Dhakal steals show at FM music awards (The Kathmandu Post, 16 January 2000)

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