Blog: Indiecision

Folk music formed the focus of day two. Swarathma , who performed a set of mainly new material, drew the largest crowd for a gig on one of the open stages. The ghodi may have been officially retired but she returned in the form of colourful masks, the newest piece of Swarathma merchandise on the block. They jammed with a member of the Rajasthani percussion ensemble who performed before them. The group were described to us the "Rajasthani folk music equivalent of drum n' bass". The big gig of the night was a battle of the bands, between Bengali [...]