Fort, fusion & the rise of folk music

COME OCTOBER, JODHPUR'S iconic Mehrangarh Fort will once again reverberate with the sound of folk music from across the world including Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Switzerland, Portugal, the UK, Poland, Finland, Spain, Canada and Colombia, besides India.

- HARLEEN KAUR JAGGI

COME OCTOBER, JODHPUR'S iconic Mehrangarh Fort will once again reverberate with the sound of folk music from across the world including Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Switzerland, Portugal, the UK, Poland, Finland, Spain, Canada and Colombia, besides India. Like in previous years, the 18th edition of Jodhpur RIFF will serve as a platform to share the finest of folk traditions—presented through midnight jams, dawn concerts, fort festivities, unique collaborations, and more—across five days in the 'blue city' of Rajasthan.

Divya Bhatia, director of Jodhpur RIFF, says, "The festival, for nearly two decades, has facilitated the drive to innovate and work with unwavering conviction that music is a live conversation across time and space."