According to the Bulldog Bash website, around 35,000 students, alumni and Starkville locals come out to the concert. Finding artists everyone will love is difficult. This year is no different.
Rhythm of change: The complex world of underground music in Kashmir
Kashmir’s independent music artists are following their bliss in the face of trying political and social pressures. Mar 13, 2021 · 11:30 am A file photo of the band Sign – The Signature of Music jamming in Srinagar in early 2010s, a time when Sufi rock and rap music were steadily gaining popularity in the Valley. | Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
Notwithstanding his fashionable bomber jacket, baseball cap, ear studs and tattoos, Rishab Chaku – who goes by the stage name Rishab Raino or just Raino – displayed none of the flamboyant cockiness associated with rap artists. He was taciturn when we met at a plush café in Raj Bagh, Srinagar. “I don’t enjoy parental support,” he said, sipping a cappuccino. “My relatives make snide remarks about me. But I am determined to pursue music as a profession.”