Indo-Folk Music for Discriminating Tastes

Hi folks,

We wanted to wish you all a great 2012 and thank you for sharing your time with us last year. 2011 was a memorable year in so many ways. Some of our highlights included performing at The Cultch (The East Van Cultural Centre) to a sold out audience as part of Festival MOSAIC 2011, as well as sharing the stage at The World Kindness Concert with so many award winning artists. Our live performance at CBC Radio was also a ground breaking show that opened many new doors.

2011 also saw the release of our first album as a band. We played to a standing room only crowd at our second home, The Heritage Grill in New Westminster, for the Found a Way Home CD release party this past summer. We've been playing at “The Grill” on a monthly basis and our fan base continues to grow, so thank you to the owner Paul Minhas and the excellent staff for allowing us to share our music.

On a sad note we lost a dear friend in Gerry Lev over the summer. Gerry's spirit is all around us as we move forward and we will always cherish his brotherhood.

I was also very fortunate to meet a couple of gentlemen who were interested in me writing a song for their Punjabi movie, which is now complete. I was able to get The Discriminators into the studio, and — with the help of a Punjabi lyricist — the song is complete with both Punjabi and English language versions. Hopefully we'll have more news for you soon as to a release date.

Another personal highlight was playing at The Heritage Grill on Christmas day. Paul and his staff held their 7th annual Christmas dinner, which included at full turkey dinner with all the trimmings and beverages for free. Last year they cooked and served over 17 turkeys and I believe they passed that mark this year... thanks for opening your heart to so many Paul!

We hope you all had a great Christmas and wish you all the best for 2012. We are busy booking gigs for 2012 and if you are able to help please do so: a friendly phone call to venues and Folk Festival societies can go a long way.

Ranj

Check out our “news page” for some recent reviews of Found a Way Home, and a recent review of Simple Man.