Blue eyes and amplifiers may have dominated popular Punjabi music recently, with bhangra and Yo Yo Honey Singh becoming synonymous with the state, but Punjab has a wealth of folk music that has not received due attention in the mainstream.


Maninder Singh Chahl, Balwinder Singh Mast, Subroto Chattopadhyay, Vishaljit Kaur and Ranjhan Ali Qawwal  

The rich repertoire of songs and ballads — bolliyaan, tappas, geets, qawwalis and kalaams written by great poets including Bulleh Shah and Baba Fareed — talk of nature and seasons and regale listeners with folk tales. And this is exactly what Rangley Punjabis, an album curated recently by Peninsula Studios and launched by Universal Studios, hopes to showcase.