Monikut: Trilok Gurtu & Kalpana Patowary | The Sacred Scriptures of Monikut.

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Channel: MUSIC BOX Kalpana Pattowary · 2013 · Music

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Kalpana Patowary has collaborated with some renowned artists across the globe - percussionist Trilok Gurtu Germany, Roland Cabezas Hamburg, Phil Drummy Australia, Carlo Cantini, Johan Berby  France, Jan Garbarek Norway in album Massical, released from BirdJam label Germany.

In her latest album The Sacred Scriptures of MONIKUT i.e. Bhakti Movement about the reformer, wandering philosopher, saint and poet  Mahapurush Srimanta Shankardeva and his disciple Mahapurush Srimanta Madhavdeva from Assam, she has collaboration for the first time with Trilok Gurtu - master of percussion, and Western drumming who plays a unique hybrid East-West drum set up from Germany, Guru Rewben Mashangva - Father of Naga folk blues & and Tribal National award winner, Angarag Papon Mahanta from East India Company.

Through her artworks Kalpana Patowary is archiving, preserving and restoring Folk Heritage of India and some of the most indigenous musical instruments ie Dotora, Sarinda, Kartaal, Kalia, Goalporiya Dhol which is fading into oblivion without patronage and exposure. Regaining lost glory and upholding its cultural value, Kalpana Patowary is passing on the legacies to younger generation with help of audio-visual, documentation, explanation, travelling far and wide, recording on-site and polishing their finds in studios before making it available on modern platforms of  iTunes, SoundCloud and YouTube.


To know more Checkout Official Blog http://singerkalpana.blogspot.com/

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