East West Canvas

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Debalina Bhowmick and her team consisting of three talented rural musicians, Golam Fakir, Sonatan Das and Mohan Tati, were in Goa in Jun 2014 to perform at the Art Escape, Baywatch and to release her maiden album, Chariya Manabgari. At the end of an excellent traditional folk show, Elvis Lobo and Carlos Gonsalves came up to the stage and started jamming with the group, it was sounding fantastic. Thus in September, the team met in Goa and did a workshop for three full days, created a combination of music and the same was performed at Zoya. Immediately after that, the same was recorded LIVE at The Peninsula Studios, Delhi. This is how East-West Local was formed presenting Trans-Bangla music. East-West Local is a collaborative initiative of banglanatak.com, presenting Trans-Bangla music, which is Bengali and folk-based world music. This band comprises of urban and rural musicians of Bengal and Goa. Band Members: Debalina Bhowmick – Vocals Elvis Lobo – Acoustic Guitars Carlos Gonsalves – Percussion Steven Francis – Bass Mohan Tati – Flute Sanatan Das – Percussion Golam Fakir – Vocals, Strings