Thursday, August 22, 2013

Sugam Pokharel (1MB)





Date of Birth: September 20th 1979

Age: 33

Profession: Singer, Composer, Musicians, RJ, Model and Songwriter.
Marital Status: Married (Liza Pokharel)

Daughter Name: Angeliza Pokharel.

Awards received: Hits FM Best new Artist award, Top first Pop Singer Award, His Album “School Pathshala” receives album of the Year. In the occasion of 11th Anniversary of radio Kantipur “Radio Rastrako”.

Birthplace: Magalbarray, Morang, Nepal.

The artist named Sugam Pokheral was very talented having with unique voice was popular after when he launched a album named Soonya (1MB), which refers to Zero-Starting Phrase, and 1MB refers to one man Band. He was born in 1979 in Morang, eastern part of the country Nepal, is a famous singer of the Nepalese music Industry. He is not only a singer but also a RJ, Model, musicians and composer. He is the youngest child of the two sisters and two brothers. 



He is very much interested in the music field from his childhood days; when he is free he tried to sing different songs in the gathering and school program. He frequently used to listen in the song of Harish Mathema, Deep Shrestha and Sanjay Shrestha which innocently influenced towards his fortune.

He started his singing profession from his teen age, after receiving a job in Sagarmatha FM as a RJ. Everyone from the remote area come to the capital city of Nepal to continue their studies right after completing S.L.C and to attain their future aim and goals. Similarly Sugam came to Kathmandu, initially he donot think that he came a professional singer, also he have no aim to become a singer, but after recording a song, slowly by slowly he can able to make a new album named Soonya(1MB) in 2057 B.S. He got name and fame as a professional singer, by then he established himself as a professional singer. 



Album Named Highway was released as the second album in which different song named “Kati din”, “Mayako Bato”, “Jaba Din”, and “Sayad” was popular in the Nepalese Music Industry where Song named “Sayad” was composed and written by Anil Singh, another name of a famous singer and the composer of the Nepalese pop music Industry.


Likewise” sutra”, “Sugam Yatra”, and the latest album named “School Pathshala” were the albums by the legendary. A title track named “School Pathshala” was another hit number by the singer reason it memorize childhood-school days of the listeners. He is one of the few nepalese singer who is versatile in nature whose albums provides a hit numbers to the listeners. Not only pop song but also he sang different songs for the Nepalese Film Industry, one popular song named “K Yo Maya ho”. Sometimes listeners also experience that he anchor himself to advertise his own album, also provide different songs and jingles which is comedy in nature.

Some of the Famous songs are as provided below:

     1.       Pheri tyo din.
     2.       Samjhanama.
     3.       Sacheko Maya.
     4.       Yo saajh.
     5.       Kati Din.
     6.       Mayako Bata.
     7.       Jaba Din.
     8.       Bhanekai.
     9.       Maan ko Dailo.
    10.   Jhilke.
    11.   Runna Bhanthe.
    12.   School Pathshala.
    13.   Ma prem Ma.
    14.   Ekantama.
    15.   K Galti  and so on.


Monday, August 19, 2013

KUTUMBA BAND



 Number of Band Members: Six

Band Members are:
Shiddhartha Maharjan (Effects)
Kiran Nepali  (Sarangi)
Raju Maharjan (Percussion)
Pavit Maharjan (Percussion)
Arun Manandhar (Tunga)
Rabin K Shrestha (Fute)


No doubt that the word "Kutumba" stands for strong bond, relationship among the society and the unique bond among community  members. Kutumba is a very popular band of nepal, which contains six memever to make a band family, a band which main purpose is to play musical insrument and to show the traditional culture of the nation  worldwide through  live performance instrumently but not by singing the songs.


The key aim of this band is to endorse folk tunes of different of Nepal, whether it is hilly, himalayan. or terai region. Most important things is that preserving a cultural through through tradition instrument and playing vital role in folk music of the country nepal is not the easy task, although it can be possible through this band and their unique characteristics of playing different instrument. Musical Instrument played uniquely by this band are : tungna, khin, sarangui, murchunga, dhimay, tabala, madal, dhimay as so on.They frequently organised the live musical performances and concerts inside and outside the country. In USA they performed very well from the side of Nepal which was the best performance said by their fans. Places where they performed inside the United States of America are as follows: 

1. St Cloud.
2. Chicago.
3. Madison.
4. Cedar Rapids.
5. New York.
6.  Indianapolis.
7. Washington D.C. 
8. Ithaca.
9. Swarthmore.
10. Blacksburg. ans so on


Various musical albums they have realized in the market are: Utsarga (2010), Mithila (2009), Naulo Bihani (2006), Folk Roots (2005), Forever Nepali Folk Instrumental (2004) 
Kutumba Bands attend maximum numbers of concerts inside and outside the country because of demand of the listeners like school program, corporate parties, charity concerts, public concerts and so on.  
The key purpose of this band is to conserve Nepali traditional music, Nepal's heritage and promote education through music. 


Kutumba band have their own unique musical style of Nepali musical Industry, it has their own recording studio in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal. Shiddhartha Maharjan who is in effects provide place for the studio also his father Mr. Mangal Maharjan was the producer of the third and second album of the Kutumba Band. 
Besides musical career Pavit have his own shop, also he is the teacher of keyboard in a school named Shuvatara. Another band member named Raju teaches in the same school. Rubin composed various Jingles for promoting client business activities one of them is the jingle for kantipur news. Furthermore, Shiddhartha is the full time student of Sirjana college of fine Arts beacause of his intrest towards Painting and Sketching.

At Present, using Nepalese traditional musical instruments like Bamboo,Flute, Dhol, Sarangi, Madal, Tungna and Murchunga this band performed a live concert at Buddhanilkantha, Kathmandu,Nepal on 24th May 2013.


Famous Songs of this Band are as enlisted Below:  

1. Sangini.
2. Kauda.
3. Resham Firiri.
4. Saya Thari Baja.
5. Banjo Khet Ma.
6. Tamang Selo.
7. Lekali.
8. Mirmire Bhakama. 
9. Kalilo Tamalai.
10. Nakali Lai Bhagai. 
11. Jamke Phuli.
12. Hyangu Sinha.