Rongila/My Little Girl In Tennessee • Arko Mukhaerjee & Casey Driessen [Rooftop Live / Otherlands]

[NOTE: This video was originally released on Arko's Youtube channel and is re-released here in mutual collaboration. We want as many people to enjoy as possible :-)]

To see another collaboration from Arko and myself, please visit:
   • Streets of Kolkata • "Manyota dao Jib...  
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Arko Mukhaerjee's Rooftop Live in collaboration with Casey Driessen's Otherlands Project presents a live jam session on two folk songs, one a Bangla folk classic, Rongila and the other an American bluegrass standard called My Little Girl in Tennessee. In this jam, Casey and Arko are accompanied on cajon by Kolkata based drummer Sounak Roy, a superb experimental modern percussionist.

This jam pays tribute to old-time American country and bluegrass music and the diverse folk music from Undivided Bengal. In a modern spontaneous blend, this recording takes a magical leap from the Foggy Mountain Boys to the world of Sachin Dev Burman and Jasimuddin in a completely free and impromptu way.

**To learn more about Arko's music and projects, please visit the link(s) of your choice:
YouTube:    / arkomkz  
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Web: http://arkomusic.com/


OTHERLANDS: A Global Music Exploration, a project by Casey Driessen
To follow his project, please check the links of your choice:
Web: https://www.Otherlands.fm
IG:   / caseydriessen  
FB:   / caseydriessen  


CREDITS:
Arko Mukhaerjee - Voice and Balalaika
Casey Driessen - Fiddle and Voice
Sounak Roy - Cajon

Audio recorded, mixed and mastered by Abhibroto Mitra
  / abhibroto.mitra  

Video Directed by -Debadrita Bose
  / debadrita.bose  

Shot by Sudip Baral
Assisted by Prantika Sarkar
Edited by Arnab Bhattacharjee

SPECIAL THANKS:
Koustav Dey, Subrata Ghosh, Biswajit Mondal and Debajit Biswas for their constant love and support.

"I am forever indebted to the creations of Late Sachin Dev Burman and the writings of the Master poet Late Jasimuddin from Bangladesh, whose works inspired me as a human being, a composer and a travelling artist. However I am no where near such sheer genius. Through this, I thank him and my parents for introducing me to his music as a child." - Arko

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