Music lovers head for Storm

Jan 08, 2013 - Nivi Shrivastava

Migrating for music seems to be the next big trend among music lovers in Delhi, who are willing to travel far and near just to enjoy some good notes. The rise in destination music festivals is a testimony to this fact; and the next hot spot marked in musical calendar for 2013 is Coorg, Karnataka, where the first-of-its-kind outdoor camping Storm music festival will be organised on February 1 and 2.

The second edition of this fest will feature 45 plus artistes and bands from India and abroad. The finale act for this festival will be collaboration of musician Shankar Mahadevan and Delhi-based rock band Indian Ocean.
Speaking about this gig, Shankar says, “I really wanted to collaborate with Indian Ocean, I love them as people as well as for them being the wonderful musicians they are.”
Rahul Ram, bass guitarist at Indian Ocean, also feels that festivals like these are great platforms to create new compositions. “Shankar is a fantastic guy, a very capable musician and an outstanding singer. We’re really looking forward to this collaboration,” he mentions.
Speaking about the other highlights of this festival, Lavin Uthappa, festival director of Storm says, “The festival was conceived a few years ago with an aim to create a space where we could bring some of the best of mainstream entertainment to a pristine location like Coorg. The festival brings together nature and adventure with great music. We plan to have have more than three stages this time for performers.”
He adds, “We also want to spread social awareness messages about environment, minimising usage of plastic as well as discouraging consumption of drugs, through renowned musicians.”

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/217799" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-b49bbf0d2d3b16c7f4dfe3b5dc9332cd" value="form-b49bbf0d2d3b16c7f4dfe3b5dc9332cd" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="85120566" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>