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Dhol Foundation

The Dhol Foundation is both a dhol drum institute in London and a musical group playing bhangra music. The dhol school was founded in 1989 by former Alaap member Johnny Kalsi when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kalsi and his students in 2001. Dhol drums are a traditional percussion instrument from the Punjab province in the north of India, from which Kalsi originates. In London he experimented with dance beats and electronic music, which he mixes with the traditionnal banghra style in his albums.

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Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan is a Tamil-Indian singer and music composer. He gained fame for his album entitled Breathless in which he sings constantly for over three minutes without pausing for taking a breath. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood films. http://shankarmahadevan.com/ (official website)
Early life Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chennai, India to a Tamil family. He learned Indian Classical Music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing Veena at the age of five[1].

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Babbu Mann

Babbu Maan real name is Tejinder Singh Maan is a well-established Indian Punjabi pop singer, actor, lyricist, composer and playback singer. babbu maan, original name is Tejinder Singh Maan is an alumnus of Punjab University, Chandigarh. His first album was Tu Meri Miss India in 1999 which was a moderate hit. His second album Saaun Di Jhadi released in 2001 was his first highly successful album. It sold over ten million copies in India alone and many more overseas. Saun Di Jhadi was followed by the also highly successful album, Ohi Chann Ohi Rataan.

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Ar Rahman

Who doesn't know AR Rahman? Known as the Mozart of the east, he has been simply sensational since bursting onto the scene with the hit Roja (1994). He recently won worldwide accolades for his performance in the oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire.

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Hariprasad Chaurasia

Hariprasad Chaurasia (b. 1st July 1938) is known internationally as the greatest living master of the bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Chaurasia is among the small but growing number of classicists who have made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music. He is probably the most accessible Hindustani musician, and has done much to popularise the bansuri and classical music.

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Swarathma

Swarathma is an Indian folk-rock band from Bangalore, India. The sound is rooted in Indian folk traditions while drawing on rock, blues and reggae motifs. Swarathma's live act is all about infectious on-stage energy. Their act is high on interactivity with sing-along sections, ad-libbed repartee and the occasional couplet. It also features faux folk-horses
and band members sporting Nehru Topis.

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Shivanova

SHIVANOVA is one of the West’s leading cross-cultural ensembles set -up by composer Priti Paintal and grounded in Indian and European styles, widely admired and enjoyed for the energy and flair of its improvising. It tours nationally and internationally, playing in London at the Jazz Café and the South Bank Centre, and has released a catalogue of CDs, most recently Secret Chants which has been acclaimed this year in the national and music media.

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H-Dhami

Born with musical talent implanted in his genes and a passion for dancing, it was only a matter of time before the Urban Desi scene sat up and took note of H Dhami. Although he is the son of the legendary Palvinder Dhami, who was the lead singer of Bhangra group Heera, H is definitely forging his own identity in the industry. For starters he’s the first artist signed to star producer Rishi Rich’s new production company and has already performed at dozens of events worldwide, having only released the album teaser track, ‘Heeriyeh’.

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kala ramnath

Kala Ramnath is an Indian violinist, spcialising in Northi Indian classical music. Kala lives in Mumbai, but was born and raised in Madras, in a musical family that excels in North Indian as well as in South Indian clasical music, and that has produced another three world-famous violinists: her guru and aunt N. Rajam, her uncle T.N. Krishnan, and her cousin Sangeeta Shankar. From the beginning Kala played a full-sized violin; her first was given to her by her grandfather when she was two years old.

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Juggy D

Juggy D (born Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal on November 19)[1] [2] is a British bhangra singer from Southall in London, England Juggy D got his name from his first name Jagwinder which became Juggy, and the D from his last name Dhaliwal. Juggy D married his college sweetheart Harjeet Hayre after a year he hit fame and 4 years later she divorced him. Regardless he still has a tattoo of both their names in sanskrit on his left arm