Program on October 11, 2008
Playlist for October 11, 2008
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(Interview featured on the World Music show Oct 13th.)
To understand and explore the music of Gujarat, on today’s show we conducted an interview with Mr. Praful Dave from Gujarat, India. Mr. Prafulbhai Dave explains about the music from his state, its origin and the unique amalgamation of dance and music; a signature style of this state. He talks about the more popular Ras-Garba and his favorite style – Dayro!
Mr. Prafulbhai Dave gives us a glimpse of his extensive singing career. He was a practicing physician in India before he took up singing. With much resistance from his parents he still opted to be a singer. He is now one of the world’s most renowed artists’ from Gujarat.