Apr 11 2026 to Apr 11 2026 1:30 p.m.

Price: 1500 Book/Buy

Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

A Workshop with SOUND OF WOMEN by Folksoul.

Krantinaari, Charu Hariharan, Nyoli Ensemble

Build your own Folk song is a hands-on workshop where you collaborate with folk artists a producer and a rap artist to create a new song. Led by Charu Hariharan, Krantinaari and the Nyoli Ensemble it explores blending traditional folk with contemporary sounds.

About Sound of Women

Sound of Women is a grassroots music project by Krantinaari (Ashwini Hiremath) and Charu Hariharan, born from the radical belief that hip-hop is folk. After co-founding India’s first all-female hip-hop crew Wild Wild Women, Krantinaari set out on a deeper journey—traveling across 47 regions of India, After which, Charu Hariharan found a new relationship for the sound of women to fall under the umbrella of world music.

Both Charu and Krantinaari witnessed women forbidden from even touching instruments.—What began as a question —-Why are women missing from the music scene?—turned into a movement.

Presented under their company Folk Soul, Sound of Women is a living, breathing entity for women-led folk music. This debut edition focuses on the Kumaoni region of Uttarakhand, blending traditional storytelling with raw, rooted melodies to reclaim sound as a space for resilience, memory, and identity.

At the heart of this movement is a powerful crew:

Charu Hariharan – music director, composer, percussionist, producer, and vocalist.

Krantinaari - Poet & Rapper, lyricist, Curator and Designer

Hemanti Devi – folk singer and daughter of the iconic Kabootari Devi, the first folk artist of All India Radio from Uttarakhand.

Ganga Devi – “a mother” and folk singer from the village of Gaira.

Taiji – “A grandmother”, percussionist, and hudukka player, embodying ancestral rhythm.

Khashti Devi – a folk singer who sings not for fame, but for love—for the healing of her husband battling a heart condition.

Neha Singh – writer, storyteller and show director, weaving powerful narratives through each performance, giving voice to stories long silenced.

All music for Sound of Women has been recorded in a mobile studio, in collaboration with Manzil Mystics Foundation, bringing professional equipments to the homes and hillsides of folk artists, preserving authenticity at its core.

About Folksoul

Folksoul is a pioneering cultural incubator and preservation platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of women from India’s remote and under-discovered regions. At its core, Folksoul reclaims the power of folk traditions by documenting, producing, and archiving the songs and stories of women—especially those engaged in domestic labor and informal work—who have long been the custodians of oral knowledge and cultural memory.

Through a mobile recording studio housed in a custom-designed bus, Folksoul travels across villages, forests, and foothills to record, collaborate with, and upskill women artists in their own communities. These sessions not only preserve dying languages and endangered musical forms, create economic opportunities for women, but also provide the tools and training for women to own their narratives and build sustainable creative careers.

More than an archive, Folksoul is an ecosystem—a space for intergenerational exchange, education, and economic empowerment. By connecting folk practitioners with music producers, storytellers, and designers, the platform nurtures innovation while remaining deeply rooted in tradition. Every song becomes a catalyst for change, challenging societal norms, celebrating indigenous wisdom, and reshaping the cultural landscape through the lens of equity and justice.