Verse

Author: Verse

  • House of Music Birthday

    To mark its second birthday, House of Music shared the love on 4th August hosting one of Kathmandu’s newest music sensations, Lyrics Indy alongside established rockers, Albatross. Lyrics Indy kicked off the night with a remix of ‘Spit Your Game’ by Notorious b.i.g. followed by Triumph, an original composition.  While rappers, Gaurab Subba, Yanik Shrestha, Aidray and a brief appearance from 15 year old Dougie Adhikari, maintained a tight set, Abhisek Bhadra on keyboard/synth provided the music to get the crowd going.

    Kiran Shahi joined in on drums as B’boyin acts rightly stole the show at the front of the stage. Albatross then hit the stage with some of their originals Chaina, Khase kaa tara and Timi Bhane, before the artists collaborated with some Linkin Park and Rage Against the Machine inspired riffs such as One Step Closer and 99 Problems to bring the night to an explosive end.

  • Final Step of the Stairs

    As a tribute to their drummer Prabin Lal Manandhar, who is leaving for India to pursue his further studies, Stairs Of Cirith performed a farewell gig at House of Music, Thamel on 29th July. It was the last gig for Yuskey K.C (vocals), Bhavin Pradhan (guitar),Nikhil Sikarmi (guitar), Prabin L. Manandhar (drums) Kritagyan Shrestha (bass) and Yuvash Vaidya (keyboard), to be playing together as Stairs of Cirith for a long time to come. They entertained the house-full crowd with their original numbers like Annunat, Niskarsha, Hamile hideko Paila, Madhyam, Ek raat harek raat and Yak Cheese. Also they covered songs like Highway Star, Perfect Stranger and Open Car with Bijent Bikram Shah on the bass guitar and Shailesh (Haku) on Keyboard. The band, along with Anjesh Shrestha, performed a humorous song ‘Laley’ to show their affection for Praveen, aka Laley.  Towards the end, the band members of Jindabaad- Sunny Tuladhar, Abhisek Bhadra, Rajan Shrestha and Kiran Shahi surprised the crowd by performing together after a long time.

  • Fete de la Musique

    Just as in previous years, Alliance Française brought ‘Fete de la Musique’, a lively music festival originally from Paris, to Kathmandu for week long festivities kicking off on Tueday, June 21 at Dattatrya Square, Bhaktapur. The event, jointly organised by Alliance Française in Kathmandu and Service Civil International, began with Newari musical performances followed by a fusion performance of guitars and Dhime from students of Alliance Française. Ashesh and Nekhvam performed some wonderful blues followed by an enthralling performance by the students of KU School of Music. Next on the program, was the ‘AFK Music Contest’. The second music contest was open to all and the winner got the chance to open the final act of the music week, ‘Betty Argo in Kathmandu’. The free concert was held on June 26 at Nepal Academy Hall. The Indie pop band grabbed the audiences’ attention with their music of reggae, rock and electronic influences.

  • Poet of the Fall

    1905, Kantipath was filled with a marvellous fusion of poetry, performance and music on June 10. ‘Poet of the Fall’ was organised jointly by Mu’az Entertainment and 1905 which showcased the versatile acts and poems of Murad Ali which were fusioned perfectly with the soothing music by pianist Upendra Lal Singh. Ali recited wonderful English and Sufi poems in synchronization with Western as well Indian melodies. Ali’s presentation of the scenes from the movies Taxi Driver and The Departed were highly admired by the audience. The program was then continued with an enthralling performance by Upendra and his friends.