From electronic dance music to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s qawwali. From Abida Parveen’s sufi to Linkin Park’s rock. Joy Singh and Rahul Kundan, co-partners of Raasta, that’ll be hosting its new edition of Raga Dub 3.0 music festival, have nurtured a liking for quite an eclectic sense of music through years. But it’s a voracious appetite for Rastafarian culture popularised by the music of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Gregory Isaac and others that seems never to get satisfied. Thankfully, through their music festival, Singh and Kundan get a chance to get enough reggae into their system to last a whole year, This time round, things are going to be crazy with some of the best musicians lining up.
Three days designated to artistes such as Grain, Monica Dogra, Sidd Coutto, Dualist Inquiry, Anushka & Agent, bolt and others, this is an opportunity for the duo to extend gratitude to all their patrons. “We re-do the interiors, as we decorate the entire place. A special menu is also put up for the duration of the festival,” says Kundan.
While Bob Marley music has, without doubt, left a huge impact on these two men, singers like Jimmy cliff, Peter Tosh, Gregory Isaac and Desmond Dekker have also had their share of influence. “Through their music, they all spoke of a common culture of love, and that’s what reverberates through our hearts,” says Singh.
September 9, 10, 11 at 7 pm at 30-A, Hauz Khas Village.