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Hometown: Kathmandu, NP
Label: self
Website: www.nekhvam.com
Sounds Like: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Official Page, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin Official, Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Genre: Blues
Ashesh & Nekhvam are Nepal’s premier blues rock band with a unique blend of rock, blues and Eastern rhythms. Nekhvam means “crazy about music” or "Addicated to Music" in the Newari language and started as a blues trio in 1994 by the two brothers Ashesh and Sibesh Dangol.
Hailed by the German press as ‘the reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix from Kathmandu’, Ashesh and Nekhvam’s mix of psychedelic blues rock has that essential blues spirit of humbleness and poverty performed live at a technical level that is simply unmatched by other bands today. Their growing international fan base brings them back to Europe in 2011 for a follow-up to their successful 2010 tours of Norway and Germany.
Many of their distinctive songs are composed in English and Nepali. Currently working on their third album, “New Spirit”, tracks include “In my Brother’s Blues”, “The Wind” and “Listen”. Well known at home for their support of a number of charity projects in Nepal, they have a keen following in their home city of Kathmandu and will share their magic again in 2011 with audiences across Europe.
www.nekhvam.com
History
* Hits FM 2011, Nepal Nominated in ‘Best Rock Composition’ and ‘Best Group Performance’
* Live Concert at Aarohan Gurukul, Kathmandu, March 2011
* Himalayan Blues Festival, Norway, July 2010
* Fauskivalen Blues,Folk and Rock Festival, Norway, August 2010
* Asker Blues Club, Norway, August 2010
* Blues & Balance, Helgeland, Husvaer, Norway, July 2010
* Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany, September 2010
* Alamar 2007 Festival, Almeria, Spain, June 2007
“Relieves grief with text and notes”
BY: PAAL EVEN NYGAARD - SB.NO
“Nekhvam's ever expanding fan base”
Republica - Republica
“The Jimi from Kathmandu
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Nepali Times - Nepali Times
“Nepalese Charity Event”
NepalishamajUk - NepalishamajUk
“Ashesh and Nekhvam - The Himalayan Hendrix is coming to the UK”
Nepalbritain.com - Nepalbritain.com
“Echoes of local music at Taumadi Square”
THT - The Himalayan Times
“ Ashesh & Nekhvam's Psychedelic Blues Rock
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Sahara Sharma - My Republica
“Bystanders taking their seat on the flight of stairs at Arohan Gurukul yesterday ran at the front stage and stood
on their toes to see ‘Ashesh Dongol’ guitar-ing with his feet which is rare to see in Nepalese platforms. While
Suraj and Rajiv was slapping the bass and thundering the skin of the drums correspondingly, ‘Ashesh Dongol’ dropped
down his guitar on the stage-floor and skated his left hand on fret board with a slider and pulled down the guitar
lever producing the flood of psychedelic-rock music. Yesterday evening was something like a reincarnation of Jimi
Hendrix experience.”
cellroti - cellroti.com
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Though ‘Ashesh and Nekhvam’ is a Nepali blues band, it has collected a paltry crowd in the market but in Norway,
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Gnirehstal Nalg Gnamat - cellroti.com
“Mye tid går med til sammensetning av program, bygging av konsertscene i kajakkhallen og organisering. Jon Gangdal er den store drivkraft og organisator for å få det Nepalske bluesbandet Nekhvam til Norge og Husvær og bidrar med foredrag om Himalaya klatringens historie.
Anders Thygesen stiller opp både som foredragsholder om grønlandskajakkens historie, og kajakkinstruktør og får med”
havnomaden
“Die nepalesischen Bluesrocker von Ashesh & Nekhvam waren bei uns zu Gast und haben zwei Songs performt. Wir waren schwer begeistert vom Gitarrenspiel der beiden, die neben einem eigenen Song auch ein Cover von Jimi Hendrix’ Vodoo Chile gespielt haben.
Hier gibt es die beiden Songs für Euch nochmal zum Nachhören.
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byte fm - byte fm
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Isabel Schiffler - future image
“Vivo en Espa?a”
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“the blue storrytellers”
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“Nekhvam out with free spirit II”
HNS - the himalayan times daily
