Dear Friends,
I am not regular on this list. But I do subscribe to the list and have
been privy to the interesting discussions here on topics related to Assam.
In this context, I wanted to mention a few words about Joi Barua. I am
not sure if he has been mentioned here before, but his music is reason
enough to do it once more, even if it were repetitive. I first saw his
name on the Music CD of the movie - Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara. He has
been active in the Bollywood world for some time now, though more as a
sidekick than as the main singer. There is some write up in wikipedia on
him which I am sure all of you can look up easily.
That’s not the reason I want to mention him here. He has released an
Assamese rock album somewhere in Dec 2010/Jan 2011. I am not sure if
everyone would appreciate the music ...but to me it certainly is
refreshing. The music is good and the lyrics make sense. I don't
remember any Indian singing in a non-English language to music that is
decidedly western!! Maybe Rock on had some music of this sort, but those
were by bigwigs from Bollywood. So this is lovely and deserves applause.
The album has unfortunately been released in the internet as MP3 songs.
Obviously they do not have the backing of a big music label. To make it
worse the music is available on Amazon MP3 store, but cannot be
purchased by Indians. Fortunately for me I use the Ubuntu OS and was
able to purchase the music through Ubuntu One Music Store. I don't use
Apple itunes, but if I am not wrong music in iTunes is also not
available for purchase by Indians.
I wish I could tell everyone to buy the album. If you stay outside
India, please do buy this album. For those of us in India if you want to
hear him out there is a way out. You can visit google.co.in/music and
search for Joi Barua and hear him belt out Hindi songs. Couple of his
songs and an official video is also available for viewing in youtube.
Regards,
Biswajit Dutta Baruah
Chennai India
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