Kutumba is a Nepalese instrumental
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
band.
It only uses
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
ese traditional musical instruments such as
bamboo flutes,
sarangi
The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked three-stringed instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, Sindhi folk music, Haryanvi folk music, Braj folk music, and Boro folk music (the ...
,
madal,
tungna,
dhol,
jhyamta,
arbajoo,
dhime,
dhyangro,
damphu,
khin, and
singing bowl. The band recorded a single for season 6 of
Coke Studio Pakistan, which aired in late 2013. They have collaborated with other Nepali artists such as
Navneet Aditya Waiba, Satya Aditya Waiba,
Albatross
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, Hari Maharjan,
1974 AD and Astha Tamang Maskey.
They competed in the
AI Song Contest 2021 alongside Diwas, Chepang, and Hari Maharjan with the song "Dreaming of Nepal", placing 17th with 15 points.
Discography
*''Forever Nepali Folk Instrumental'' (2004)
*''
Folk Roots'' (2005)
*''Naulo Bihani'' (2006)
*''Mithila'' (2009)
*''Utsarga'' (2010)
*''Karmath'' (2013)
*''Himalayan Highlands'' (2017)
Personnel
*Tungna and Arbajo: Arun Manandhar
*Sarangi:
Kiran Nepali
*Percussion: Pavit Maharjan
*Percussion: Raju Maharjan
*Flute: Rubin Kumar Shrestha
*Effects: Siddhartha Maharjan
*Manager/ Technical Coordinator: Arun Gurung
*Stage/ Line Manager: Niraj Maharjan
See also
*
Navneet Aditya Waiba
*
Nepathya
*
1974 AD
References
External links
*
*https://web.archive.org/web/20130112031557/http://www.subsonicroutes.com/events/kutumba-live-in-london/
*http://www.kathmanduarts.org/Kathmandu_Arts/12_09-Kutumba.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20130127095331/http://www.sarvodayausa.org/news/kutumba/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20130113035321/http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/kutumba-31575.html
*http://www.nepalunderground.com/kutumba-everlasting-nepali-folk-instrumental-2005-songs/
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Nepalese musical groups
2004 establishments in Nepal
Musical groups from Kathmandu