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Lakha Khan received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to Rajasthani folk music and recognition from the Marudhara Foundation (Kolkata).
He performed at the 2011 Edinburgh Folk Music Festival, The Amarrass Desert Music Festival (2011, 2014), the Sensational India Festival at the Peabody Essex Museum (2013), and the Old and New Dreams Festival in Chicago (2014).
He was a featured artist on 'Mitha Bol' (2011, Amarrass Records), which was nominated for 'Folk Album of the Year' at the Global Indian Music Awards 2012.
He completed two coast-to-coast US tours in 2013 and 2014.
Lakha Khan, 67, is a sarangi player and vocalist, and perhaps the greatest exponent of the Sindhi sarangi. He was born in the village of Raneri in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, India, into a family of traditional musicians from the Manganiyar community. He was trained at an early age by his father, Tharu Khan, and later, by his uncle, Mohammad Khan, in rendering the compositions of the Multan school of Manganiyars. His first public performances were in the late '60s and '70s under the guidance of the late Komal Kothari, a highly regarded Indian historian and ethnomusicologist. Today, Lakha Khan is one of the last remaining Manganiyars to have mastered this complex instrument and to carry forward the centuries-old musical tradition of Rajasthani folk and Sufi music. He has performed extensively across Rajasthan and India, and internationally in the U.S. and Europe. In 2011, he performed at the Edinburgh Folk Music Festival and The Amarrass Desert Music Festival.
"In the master's hand, the Sufi-influenced melody he coaxes from it (the sarangi) is transformative," - Michael Sullivan on National Public Radio (NPR) Weekend Edition.
4 Stars for Lakha Khan: Live in Nashville - Songlines #106
"His songbook contains the roots of India's national popular music," - Aaron Cohen, Chicago Tribune
"At Home is a superb set of field recordings," - Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
"Lakha Khan's At Home documents the master musician's art with a series of field recordings," - Edd Hurt, Nashville Scene
He performed at the 2011 Edinburgh Folk Music Festival, The Amarrass Desert Music Festival (2011, 2014), the Sensational India Festival at the Peabody Essex Museum (2013), and the Old and New Dreams Festival in Chicago (2014).
He was a featured artist on 'Mitha Bol' (2011, Amarrass Records), which was nominated for 'Folk Album of the Year' at the Global Indian Music Awards 2012.
He completed two coast-to-coast US tours in 2013 and 2014.
Lakha Khan, 67, is a sarangi player and vocalist, and perhaps the greatest exponent of the Sindhi sarangi. He was born in the village of Raneri in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, India, into a family of traditional musicians from the Manganiyar community. He was trained at an early age by his father, Tharu Khan, and later, by his uncle, Mohammad Khan, in rendering the compositions of the Multan school of Manganiyars. His first public performances were in the late '60s and '70s under the guidance of the late Komal Kothari, a highly regarded Indian historian and ethnomusicologist. Today, Lakha Khan is one of the last remaining Manganiyars to have mastered this complex instrument and to carry forward the centuries-old musical tradition of Rajasthani folk and Sufi music. He has performed extensively across Rajasthan and India, and internationally in the U.S. and Europe. In 2011, he performed at the Edinburgh Folk Music Festival and The Amarrass Desert Music Festival.
"In the master's hand, the Sufi-influenced melody he coaxes from it (the sarangi) is transformative," - Michael Sullivan on National Public Radio (NPR) Weekend Edition.
4 Stars for Lakha Khan: Live in Nashville - Songlines #106
"His songbook contains the roots of India's national popular music," - Aaron Cohen, Chicago Tribune
"At Home is a superb set of field recordings," - Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
"Lakha Khan's At Home documents the master musician's art with a series of field recordings," - Edd Hurt, Nashville Scene
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