Music in the Hills
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Music in the Hills is an annual Music festival in India
organised at various exotic locations. Established in 2007, Music in the Hills tries to bring together good music, good listeners and great locations. Completely informal the festival is wholly sponsored and supported by people who come and attend the event without any sponsorship from Corporates. Its India's biggest independent music festival organised by Music lovers from Happily Unmarried
.
Gharana to Raghu Dixit Project, Parikrama
, Soulmate
' among others. The music is a mix of various genres like Qawwali
, Classic rock
, Blues
, Indian Folk, Fusion
and Pop
.
The event is a non publicised event and mostly attended by hardcore music lovers from around the country and even overseas. Insignificantly smaller in scale than the big music festivals in the west, Music in the Hills is still a connoissuers delight and focuses more on the interaction between the artists and the audience. The musicians stay with the audience and there is a huge interaction with the audience before and after the gig.
Organised mostly at locales around the Hills of Northern India, its now moving to the sand dunes of Rajasthan
for an unforgettable experience of Musicians performing on a backdrop of an Old Rajasthani fort and the vast expanse of Dunes. The location is Khimsar Fort and Dunes near Jodhpur
. The artists performing at this event are Mohit Chauhan
, Parikrama, Advaita, Jasleen Royal and Bobby Cash.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
organised at various exotic locations. Established in 2007, Music in the Hills tries to bring together good music, good listeners and great locations. Completely informal the festival is wholly sponsored and supported by people who come and attend the event without any sponsorship from Corporates. Its India's biggest independent music festival organised by Music lovers from Happily Unmarried
Happily Unmarried
Happily Unmarried is a product design brand from India. Based in Delhi, it was founded in 2002, by Rahul Anand and Rajat Tuli, both alumni of Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad , known for its quirky products.-Overview:...
.
Overview
Music: The musicians are a mix of big stars to talented youngsters. Some of the artists who have come and performed are 'The famous Warsi Brothers of The RampurRampur
The name Rampur, together with the variations Ramapur, Ramapura and Ramapuram, may refer to:-Bangladesh:* Rampur Boalia, a medieval region near the present city of Rajshahi, in northwestern Bangladesh west of bangladesjh-India:...
Gharana to Raghu Dixit Project, Parikrama
Parikrama
For meaning of word see Parikrama .Parikrama is a Rock and Roll band from Delhi, India. They have several live performances and original numbers to their name. The band was officially formed on June 17, 1991 in Delhi...
, Soulmate
Soulmate
A soulmate is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility. A related concept is that of the twin flame or twin soul, which is thought to be the ultimate soulmate...
' among others. The music is a mix of various genres like Qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...
, Classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
, Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, Indian Folk, Fusion
Fusion (music)
A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...
and Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
.
The event is a non publicised event and mostly attended by hardcore music lovers from around the country and even overseas. Insignificantly smaller in scale than the big music festivals in the west, Music in the Hills is still a connoissuers delight and focuses more on the interaction between the artists and the audience. The musicians stay with the audience and there is a huge interaction with the audience before and after the gig.
Organised mostly at locales around the Hills of Northern India, its now moving to the sand dunes of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
for an unforgettable experience of Musicians performing on a backdrop of an Old Rajasthani fort and the vast expanse of Dunes. The location is Khimsar Fort and Dunes near Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
. The artists performing at this event are Mohit Chauhan
Mohit Chauhan
Mohit Chauhan is an Indian pop and playback singer, most known for his romantic ballads. He started his career singing Indian pop songs with the band Silk Route, which released two albums, Boondein and Pehchan. The song "Dooba Dooba" became a rave in the Indipop music scene. However, the band...
, Parikrama, Advaita, Jasleen Royal and Bobby Cash.
Music in the Hills festivals
The list of festivals organised so far.- Music in the Hills 1: Koti, Near ShimlaShimlaShimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
, April 2007(Assorted amateur musicians) - Music in the Hills 2: Kasmanda Palace MussoorieMussoorieMussoorie is a city and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located about 35 km from the state capital of Dehradun and 290 km north from the national capital of New Delhi...
, March 2008. (Belinda & the Tropicanos from Goa & Warsi Brothers from RampurRampurThe name Rampur, together with the variations Ramapur, Ramapura and Ramapuram, may refer to:-Bangladesh:* Rampur Boalia, a medieval region near the present city of Rajshahi, in northwestern Bangladesh west of bangladesjh-India:...
among others) - Music in the Hills 3: Koti, Near ShimlaShimlaShimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
, October 2008. (Valentine Shipley, Indic Myst and Warsi Brothers among others) - Music in the hills 4: NaukuchiatalNaukuchiatalNaukuchiatal or ‘lake of nine corners’ is a small hill station in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The lake is 175 feet deep surrounded byhills covered in trees and shrubs. The lake is fed by an underground perennial spring.-Location:...
, UttarakhandUttarakhandUttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
, April 2009 (ParikramaParikramaFor meaning of word see Parikrama .Parikrama is a Rock and Roll band from Delhi, India. They have several live performances and original numbers to their name. The band was officially formed on June 17, 1991 in Delhi...
, Ankur Tiwary and the Ghalat Family among others) - Music in the Hills 5: Koti, Near Shimla, October 2009. (Valentine Shipley, Raghu Dixit Project, Ankur Tiwary and the Ghalat Family among others)
- Music in the Hills 6: Naukuchiatal, July 2010. (SoulmateSoulmateA soulmate is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility. A related concept is that of the twin flame or twin soul, which is thought to be the ultimate soulmate...
, North East Express, Sajid and the lost boys and Warsi Brothers among others) - Music in the Hills 7: Khimsar Fort, near JodhpurJodhpurJodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
, Rajasthan, 13-15 August, 2011. (Parikrama and Advaita, Valentine Shipley and Mohit Chauhan.)