May 1, 2021
NEPAL IN A WEEK – 25 April 2021 – 1 May 2021
NEPAL IN A WEEK 25 APRIL 2021 – 1 MAY 2021
April 26, 2021
The first hero of Nepali movie industry- Shiva Shankar Manandhar
Shiva Shankar Manandhar was born to his mother Ram Maya and his father Man Bahadur on 22 February 1932 in Pako, Newroad of Kathmandu, Nepal. Man Bahadur Manandhar was a volunteer music teacher in the local community and taught classical Newari songs to the youngsters. Shiva Shankar’s musical aspirations were probably inspired by his father’s […]
April 8, 2021
Cobweb – Nepal’s First Band That Performed Heavy Metal Genre
For any band, surviving more than 20 years in the business is a big deal. But the challenges facing Cobweb’s survival have been rather more gruelling than most. Belonging from one of the financially poorest countries of the world, and have had to try to stay afloat during the country’s decade-long civil war, which ended […]
March 25, 2021
Freddie Mercury : One of the most versatile & greatest singers of all time.
Born in 1946 in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, at the age of 8, Mercury’s parents sent him to a boarding school in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, where he studied piano and spent his free time with his aunt and grandparents. It was not long before the charismatic young man joined his first band, the Hectics. […]
March 24, 2021
The history of rock music in Nepal dates back to the 1970s when there were a few acts influenced by Western bands such as The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Doors, and later Led Zeppelin, The Who, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden and Deep Purple. Bands in Kathmandu consisted mostly of local people from Kathmandu (a […]
March 14, 2021
Dev Rana – The Man who introduced Drums to Nepali Music Industry.
Dev Rana, one of the most iconic drummers of Nepal was born on June 18, 1952, in Sungai Petani, Malaysia. He is acknowledged as the person who introduced drums to the Nepali music sphere for the first time back in the ’70s, Dev Rana belongs to that elite league of Nepali musicians who not only […]
February 24, 2021
The Legendary Prem Dhoj Pradhan – King of Golden Voice of Nepali Music
Prem Dhoj Pradhan is a Nepali musician born in 1938 in Chautara, a small town 28 miles east of Kathmandu in Sindhupachowk district. Brought up by his mother at a time in Nepal when music was synonymous with meaningful living, Prem Dhoj grew up to love it. His mother, Pran Devi Pradhan, a talented singer […]