Faridkot

I'm a huge fan of Faridkot. They represent the coming of age of Hindi rock.

Inderpreet Singh's vocals show Indian classical influences and the drums and guitars are superb. The poetry and the music is original.

From their solo (so far) album Ek , Laila gets the most playtime, but I'm partial to Haal-e-dil and Madho. I can't recommend the entire album highly enough:

Medley by Fiddler's Green

It starts with the mandolin and the drums come in marching-band-style. The medley blends six songs in four (?) languages superbly.

Start's with Oh Susana and ends with the Hindi cousin of McFerrin's Don't Worry Be Happy: Sar Jo Tera Chakraye.

Arko Mukherjee is very charming singing डs instead of रs.



They had fun making the video:

Hat tip: Venkat

Husna

Listen to Husna for great poetry, fantastic voice and a touch of rock.

Piyush Mishra sings with beautiful Hindi diction; makes my Hindi seems anglicised. And the pathos in his voice reminds me of Ahmed Faraz writing of the lazzat-e-giriya (the pleasure of crying) in his ghazal Ranjish Hi Sahi.

This is from Coke Studio @ MTV, Season 2, Episode 2: