Soundcheck with Diwash Gahatraj

Aswath Rumba is a singer songwriter from Darjeeling. He sings in his mother tongue Nepali and has deep influences of jazz & blues in his music. 

Dewa a.k.a Abhinandan Bardewa is an Indian rapper from the tea gardens of Mirik in Darjeeling. He raps in Nepali about the human rights of the tea garden workers, youths in the Hills and about the volatile political situation of the region. In this podcast, he spoke about his inspirations and how he got death threats for his song that spoke about a local politician.

Prashant Ezekiel Rai is a singer songwriter from Darjeeling. He is formally trained in playing violin & piano in western classical tradition. In this podcast interview he spoke about his music influences and sang two of his hit singles.

Listen to the musical journey of Richen Norbu Lama popularly known as Riko, a singer songwriter from Darjeeling .

 Soumyadeep Sikdar hails from Murshidabad in Bengal and calls his ensemble as the Murshidabadi Project. The project is an acoustic Sufi/Hindustani band.Also We are thankful that Soundcheck with Diwash Gahatraj has been ranked in the top 10 Indian music podcast of 2021 by Feedspot. See this-https://blog.feedspot.com/indian_music_podcasts/

Carolina Norbu, a singer-songwriter from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. Listen to her musical journey and learn how she dabbles music and her day job as a dental surgeon.

Nilotpal Bora is an Indian singer musician from Assam. His soulful song 'Dhaaga' from the TVF web series Aspirants won many hearts. Listen to his musical journey in this podcast episode.

Check out the first episode of Season 2 of Soundcheck with Diwash Gahatraj in conversation with Bipul Chettri. Bipul is a singer songwriter from Kalimpong. He sings in Nepali and is popular in India, Nepal and Nepali speaking population across the globe. His style is Himalayan folk with a contemporary touch.

Suraj Mani is a popular face in the Indian indie music scene for around two decades now. He was the lead vocalist of Mother Jane and now the frontman of Suraj Mani The Tattva Trip. In this episode Suraj spoke about his musical journey and on his newly launched single “ignoring gravity.”

Talking music with a Hindi rock band Magic Bridge. Three members of the band from Ranchi spoke to me in the podcast about their musical journey so far.

Pranjal Uniyal also known as Rachanachar is a musician and a storyteller from Shimla. He uses his finger style guitar playing to tell the story of Rachanachar, a fictional character. Listen to this interesting conversation about Pranjal’s journey from a metal guitarist to an acoustic guitar storyteller.

Santanu Ghatak who you might have seen him in films like Tumhari Sulu and Thappad and in web series like Hashmukh in supporting roles but did you know that he is also an excellent lyricist, composer and singer. Hear him talk about his life journey, where he left a cushy corporate job to jump into the mad ocean called Bollywood.

Sahana Bajpaie is a contemporary Rabindra Sangeet singer with a massive fan following in Bengal, Bangladesh and Bengali diaspora. In this podcast she spoke about how she left the country when she was one of the most prominent upcoming artistes in the music scene and her rediscovery of herself during her stay in London.

A free wheeling chat with Girish Pradhan the lead vocalist of Girish and the Chronicles. The powerful metal singer spoke about his international project Firstborne with former Megadeath and Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler. He also told about how singing happened to him.

In this episode, Samar Mehdi talks about his musical journey as an Indian percussive guitar player and singer songwriter. In this podcast he sings his hit song 'Iltiza'. l

This episode we are sound checking with singer songwriter Harpreet. His music has the mysticism of Bulleh Shah and richness of Nirala's poetry. Listen to the podcast to understand his musical process and his philosophy of life.

Check out my latest episode!This podcast features Agnitray Chakrabarty a young EDM artist who spoke about his love for fusing Indian ethnic percussions with electronic music. This episode is also about my induction to EDM. He has played his edgy music in the interview as we spoke about his upcoming album and the future of live music scene.

In conversation with singer Ronkini Gupta a trained hindustani classical vocalist and winner of the reality show ''Saregamapa World Series''. She has won many hearts and a Filmfare Award nomination for the Best Female Playback Singer with her soulful rendition of song ''Rafu'' in ''Tumhari Sulu'' (2017). In this episode Ronkini sings a raag to describe the uncertainty of our current situation and also shares her musical journey from a reality show winner to a Bollywood singer.

In conversation with the band members of Kalb, a Delhi based progressive rock band. Arjun, Arindam, Kabir, Sanskar and Himanshu maintaining all the physical distancing (quite literally) due to the lockdown spoke about their latest single Firdaus. They gave a brief insight into the lyrical meaning and production of the song. 

Taba Chake is a finger-style guitarist, singer songwriter from Arunachal Pradesh. Bombay Dreams his 2019 album featured tracks in his native language of Nyishi, Hindi and English. Much of his music revolves around nature and is a medley of his acoustic, pop, jazz, and folk sensibilities.He was chosen as one of 36 artists for Spotify’s Radar, a global program promoting emerging artists. Taba was one of three acts from India who made the cut.In this podcast the indie darling talks about his first song that he sang in his life, his upcoming single and also spoke about his plans to live a house in the jungles of Arunachal.

This Sound Check explores the musicality of Deoashis Mothey, a singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist with Three Seas, an Indo Aussie jazz Fusion band. His musical verstality impressed the Australian media who called him 'mini orchestra.' He speaks about his band and his Warnamala Project, his dream project of making Nepali alphabet learning through songs and animation.

This episode features Nishaant Singh, a young pakhawaj player. He talks about the history of Pakhawaj, a rare indian hand held drum, his guru and his gharana. Listen to this episode to hear him play the instrument and his musical journey.

 This Episode features Sharad Dipesh Diyali, a solo guitarist from Kalimpong, India, his guitar playing was shared by dream Theatre pianist Jorden Rudess and Indian Composer Ehshaan Noorani on their Instagram pages. He talks about his love for both the technique and melody in his playing style. He played two of his instrumental pieces from his latest EP as he spoke about his life and music.

Sound Check is a Podcast on independent musicians of India. This show talks about the musical journey of a musician, hosted by Diwash Gahatraj and edited by Sanjay Saxena.In this episode Aditya Gahatraj a 19 year old singer-songwriter from Kalimpong gives a sneak peek to his upcoming album 'Sapno ki Udaan' - a hindi album with eight songs which will be released in the month of September. He sings few songs from his album and talks about the struggle faced by an upcoming artist from a small Indian town.