Suno Bhai Sadho!

Songs of Kabir and other Saint-Poets

by Vipul Rikhi

Vipul will share some of the musical and poetic treasures he has encountered during his journeys into the folk oral traditions of Bhakti, Sufi and Baul poetry. He will present folk songs from Malwa (Madhya Pradesh), Rajasthan, Kutch (Gujarat) and Bengal, which speak with startling clarity, and yet with great feeling, about the fundamental truths of human life, in the voices of Kabir and other poets such as Gorakhnath, Dharamdas, Shah Latif, Bulleshah and others.

Vipul Rikhi is a poet, fiction writer, translator and singer. His work with Kabir Project includes extensive writings and translations in the field of Bhakti, Sufi and Baul poetry. In the course of these journeys he has developed a deep love for singing mystic poetry in the folk music traditions. In his satsangs and performances, he likes to bring equal emphasis to the poetry and its resonances in our lives as to the sheer beauty and simplicity of many of the folk tunes. He is also the author of a novel and collections of poetry and short stories. www.ishqfakiri.com