The months to come promise all the music action that you can get

If you are a lover of folk music then make the most of the long weekend and take a trip to Jodhpur. The Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival) is irrefutably the best place to go on a goose-bump ride watch not just one or two artistes but communities of musicians tracing their roots against the spectacular backdrop of the Mehrangarh fort. The five-day festival (October 1-5) has a range of performances including traditional and urban folk music and original collaborations involving maestros and a night long of Dharohar, an original Rajasthani club act put together especially for the festival by festival director Divya Bhatia Jodhpur RIFF. "I created it in 2005 and Dharohar performed for the first time at the Bandra Festival last year. It's not fusion but original organic music. Dharohar (which means tuning into legacy) will be touring UK and India next year." Bhatia, who speaks to us from Jodhpur, is in the thick of production. There will be some crazy jams, he vows. Catching a performance which shows off other rare traditional instruments such as the morchang, khartal and nagada are also some of the big highs of the festival. Bhatiau00a0 recommends that traditional folk music buffs should catch the performances on October 3 and 4 (see calendar).

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