When Dil Khadka was a boy in Bhutan, he made his first instrument — a bamboo flute — by hand. Inspired by the music he heard on the radio, he cut bamboo from the forest and burnt holes into it using a ...

I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar alongside Les Thompson, a founding member of the pioneering SoCal folk and ...

Global Voices has a special relationship with Nepalese culture. Many of our longtime contributors are from Nepal, allowing us to cover Nepali languages, art, literature, history, politics, and news.

Bhosle delivered an evergreen superhit with her song Yo Ho Mero Pran Bhanda Pyaro Maitighar for the 1966 Nepali film ...

Nepal, April 12 -- The death of legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle at the age of 92 has not only marked the end of an era in Indian music but also left an irreplaceable imprint on Nepali ...

Bipul Chettri felt right at home at a concert last week in Pokhara (pictured), the lakeside crowd sang along as he strummed his guitar to his most recent ballad, Salala. Fans knew the lyrics by heart, ...

Gajendra Maharjan, left, Shreesha Maharjan, middle, and Surendra Maharjan, right, perform music from the Newari region of Nepal on traditional drums at the Nepali Jatra festival at the Longmont Museum ...

Suchana Bohara, known as HARA, is widely seen as the first Nepali to debut in a K-pop group MEPC, marking a milestone in ...