Anybody got videos. .Not able to find on youtube. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Solar-powered band rocks for a green earth* > > New Delhi (IANS): Armed with solar panels, rechargeable batteries, > specially designed gizmo guitars and a unique drum kit, they are no cyborgs > from the future, but the world's only solar-powered music band, Solar Punch. > They play songs of "peaceful activism" to spread environment awareness. > > The New York-based band enthralled the audiences on their India tour by > playing popular A.R. Rahman's numbers. > > The band also believes in striking a chord with the people of the country > it visits by crooning hits in the local language. In India it chose music > maestro A.R. Rahman compositions like "Ghanan ghanan", "Yuhin chala chal" > and "Ru ba ru". > > "It took a couple of months to understand the Hindi lyrics. They didn't > come naturally to us as we speak English. It took a lot of memorisation and > practice but the music part of it came together pretty easy as we are > musicians," explained Conklin. > > The band was also upbeat about Rahman's conquest at the Golden Globes for > the best original score for Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millioanire" and his > three Oscar nominations for the same. > > "We're honoured that we are even able to get through our version of > Rahman's songs. I think it's absolutely delightful that we came over here > and got through his songs in broken Hindi as well as we could and still > managed to entertain people," Conklin said. > http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200902090921.htm > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > > >
