Kabul Dreams
Kabul Dreams from Kabul in Afghanistan are a three piece outfit comprising Sulyman Qardash (guitar/vocal), Siddique Ahmed (Bass) and Mujtaba Habibi (Drums). Formed in February 2009, they play guitar led rock and sing in English. Keeping themselves busy, Kabul Dreams have recently released an EP Sound of Peace and Love and are managing to find [...]
Triple Smash
Triple Smash are an instrumental rock band, formed about a year ago after Li Xin (Guitar), who had just left the Mushrooms, met up with Jiang Ruo-ho (Bass) and decided to work together, very soon joined by Dan Cao (Drums). Their common interests and musical tastes, led to the formation of the band and they [...]
Joyside
Joyside from Beijing, have been around since 2001 and are as stark a contrast to most bands in China as were punk bands in 1977. They sound of this era: creating high energy songs, driven by guitar and drums.
Joyside image courtesy of wooozy.cn
Bian Yuan (Vocals); Liu Hao (Bass) Xiao Hong (Guitar) and Guan Zheng (Drummer) [...]
Rajasthan Roots
Jaipur based Rajasthan Roots one of the highlight acts at the 2009 Ladakh Confluence, are a collective of musicians and dancers who successfully bring the music of Rajasthan to a wider platform. Based on traditional folk, they have introduced elements of blues and electronica to the mix.
The fusion of instruments as diverse as saxophone and [...]
