Music to flourish at Zee Jaipur Literature festival 2015: The Zee Jaipur Literature festival, which has become a major event in the calendar of book lovers since its inception, is not just about books and authors, but also hosts attractions for music lovers. The eighth edition of the festival scheduled from January 21-25 in the pink city, will enable the visitors to dance to the beat of world class musicians in an eclectic line up. While poet and Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, Indian Ocean fame Susmit Sen and ace jazz artist Joe Alvare, are set to charm the audience with their tales, a musical stage on the sidelines of literary extravaganza would see performances from western musicians and folk artists. Local Rajasthani musicians Nathoo Solanki, Chugge Khan and the Jaisalmer Boys are lined up to mark the start of five days of festivities at Diggi Palace. They will be joined on stage by local dancers and performers as well as Sonam Kalra and her Sufi Gospel Project. Other performances include Vocal Raasta, a cappella group of 15 young singers from Delhi whose music is based on the theme of Freedom of Expression and Indira Naik who is classically trained in the Patiala Gayaka and is set to perform from her new spiritual album Ekoham. Fans of folk would be able to enjoy Malini Awasthis mellifluous renditions of Dradra, Kajri, Jhoola, Holi and Chaiti, Sohar music along with many other musical styles. Sufi and ghazal singer Rashmi Agarwal is set to entertain the audience on the last day. The Musical stage scheduled to run for four days between 21-24 January at Hotel Clarks, Amer would be opened by the band The Unprecedented Unorthodox Preacher which will take to the stage with sitar virtuoso, Sheema Mukherjee, to tell transglobalised versions of stunning 2,000 year old tales. They are scheduled to be joined by local dancers and musicians, including the show-stopping whirling Queen of the desert of India Queen Harish. UNESCO International Music Prize for Performers awardee Alim Qasimov Ensemble has been lined up to bring the spiritual sounds of Azerbaijan to the audience on the opening night of the festival. Also Read: Podcasts for Zee Jaipur Literature Festival ReportLifestylePTINew DelhiAzerbaijanBook loversDiggi PalaceZee Jaipur Literature FestivalJaved AkhtarJaisalmerpink cityRajasthaniSusmit SenUNESCOZeeSunday, 11 January 2015 - 7:00pmSunday, 11 January 2015 - 7:00pm Zee Jaipur Literature Festival will see world class musicians in an eclectic line upFacebookdnai.in/cwTV4 dnaindia/lifestyle/report-music-to-flourish-at-zee-jaipur-literature-festival-2015-2051687
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