Shankar Mahadevan captures the crowd with his artistes after the NH7 Weekender gig in Pune

Folk music in India, with its ancient roots, surfaced from folk tales, expressionist poetry and social issues. The nation being a miscellany of languages, collecting sounds from every region seems unattainable, but well-known vocalist and composer Shankar Mahadevan has enrolled for the mission. Following a successful gig with his new initiative, My Country My Music — a band of Folk artistes — at the NH7 Weekender recently, the 49-year-old is up for going international to illustrate Indian culture.