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Video: Broto Roy and Sanjay Mishra with GANGA - Live, Virginia, USA. July 10, '0This forum post is dated 06/13/10. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. Virginia - Career Goals
| Video: Broto Roy and Sanjay Mishra with GANGA - Live, Virginia, USA. July 10, '0 Excerpt of Broto's family group GANGA with his father Hitabrata Roy, sister Krishna Roy, guitarist Sanjay Mishra (www.mishra.net), and dancer Jayantee Paine, performing folk music of Bengal, India. Live July 10, 2009 in Virginia, USA. Also visit www.brotoroy.com for more videos, photos, music and information. For three decades, Ganga has brought alive the traditional folk music of the east Indian state of Bengal for audiences around the world in cities like London, Paris, Stockholm, Washington, DC, and Falls Church, Virginia, their American home. Until 1996, Hitabrata Bachoo Roy, his wife Minati, son Broto, and daughter Krishna, were directly responsible for introducing generations of listeners to the ancient songs of the Roy familys ancestral homeland. Gangas original lineup was significantly altered by the untimely death of Minati Roy in 1996, after which Nupur Lahiri joined the group. This special concert at the library of Congress provides a wonderful opportunity to experience and share the warmth, passion, and wealth of musical knowledge this talented ensemble brings to live performances. Ganga today continues to sing in Bengali, with Bachoo providing translations and commentaries in English. Ensemble members play instruments commonly found both in Bengals villages and other regions in the subcontinent, including the harmonium or small keyboard; dotara, a four-stringed lute; tablas, or hand drums, and the ghungar, or brass cymbals. Their repertoire is rooted in the X;b>...X;/b> |
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