O' Kabira!

"Bura Jo Dekhan Main Chala, Bura Naa Milya Koye,

 Jo Mann Khoja Aapna, To Mujhse Bura Naa Koye."

Wise words are spoken and you remember them more when they are build into music that touches every ounce of your soul. Kabir Café is one such fusion group who has presented the world with the gift of music and poetry bundled into one package. I heard this group for the first time at Sula Fest and since then I have become an ardent fan. 

What happens when you quit everything to follow your dreams? You end up creating beautiful music. We have been blessed with so many amazing poets that we only need follow their lyrics, ones that have power. Kabir was one such poet, and even though we know of him, studied him in the 5^th standard, somewhere with rock, pop culture and alternate music we forgot him. But like every word has a reader, every poet has a follower! Kabir Cafe has brought him back to life and aren't we all grateful for that.

The energy that their fusion music brings to the stage is mad, just some simple yet beautiful lyrics make you lose yourself into bliss and connect with all the positivity that is ushered into the soul.

This is what good music does to you. This is how fantastic poetry drives into your core and makes you connect with each other and the artist. Somewhere between munni badnam hue and all the rubbish bollywood numbers (not denying there are some good ones and definitely not denying that they are dance worthy) but somewhere your mind is hungry for music with substance. 

Age doesn't matter then, ethnicity doesn't come into the picture, there is just you, the music and the love for it. This is why we need good musicians with us, they make living worth it. The music that they give us are the best companions for days and nights where you seek comfort outside the boundaries of humans. They provide solace in ways which I cannot put into words except that they surround you in a silo even when you are surrounded by a million bodies.

Sufism, classical songs or Bhakti songs may not be to everyone's liking, or maybe they might be into the fashion statement of many people. For me, it's just the connect with God or nature or universe. I don't know but I always seem to get the answers I seek when I listen to or sing these songs. That's all I need to know, that they are my telephone line to the almighty in the 21st Century ;p and these artists- my gurus!