Come Christmas month, the tunes of Boney M, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra begin to echo across Catholic homes in the city. We invited three young musicians from Mumbai to tell us about the festival records they were raised on and took inspiration from
Arnold Glenn Phillips, Astrid Alphonso and Cyril John Thomas. Photo Courtesy: Arnold Glenn Phillips/Astrid Alphonso/Cyril John Thomas
For many of Mumbai’s Catholics, Christmas has been all about food, drink and singing along to the playlist of Christmas carols. The annual ritual of listening to Jim Reeves, Boney M and more usually started as soon as the month of December arrived. For several city musicians, these were some of the most formative moments in their introduction to music, and played a role in nudging them to pursue the art.
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