Sona Mohapatra & Ram Sampath to preserve different types of folk music; here's how

Sona Mohapatra is a very successful Indian singer, composer, lyricist and performer. She has made a name for herself by working in Bollywood films, global concerts, etc. Ram Sampath is also a celebrated singer, composer and a very popular name in Indian music fraternity. Recently, y are undertaking a big initiative to preserve different forms of folk music in country. Take a look at what steps duo is about to take to preserve Indian folk music.

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Sona Mohapatra and Ram Sampath to build an archive of folk music

singer-composer duo Sona Mohapatra and husband Ram Sampath are equally talented and gifted. In a time when Bollywood is only music form that attracts listeners and most of or music forms have lost ir essence and viewership, duo is about to collaborate with NGO Virasat to archive all different forms of folk music of India. couple even opened ir studio doors for all local artists who want to record ir folk music and preserve it with NGO for future educational purposes. 

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Talking to a local newspaper, Sona said that both of m are very proud of ir rich folk herit. She continued by saying that while Ram Sampath introduced her to world genres like Fado, Flamenco and Latin music, she was one who introduced folk music to him. Since n, it has been a fabulous journey of discovery, she said.

Sona Mohapatra went on to add that we as a country do t kw how to preserve our past, be it architecture or music or cinema. As folk music was mostly oral tradition, it was even more difficult to archive it. She also said that conserving folk music in ir studio is a start, but is t a long term solution. She concluded by saying y will continue to shine spotlight on folk artists through ir music just like y did with Bhanvari Devi who made her debut with m in Coke Studio.

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