The Musicians Guild and Kini tour of Alobo Naga, icon of northeast India was launched at Symphony Cafe, Kohima on Friday evening.
Musicians Guild is formed by a group of young musicians namely Mele Pucho, Virie, Mengu Suokhrie and Sanen with the primary objective to promote local musicians in the state. After launching, Mele Pucho in his address highlighted the objective of Musicians Guild and also shared how musicians in the state struggled over the years to promote music and in the process he said many musicians were giving up in the absence of any platforms and sponsorship for the musicians. Pucho said the Musicians Guild would promote local musicians to showcase their talents, may be in the little ways. Mengu who hosted the show informed the gathering that the Dash Show is part of the Musicians Guild, which is also a first event and it would be performed every 2nd Saturday once in 2 months to promote local talents.
Kicking off his second album, Kini tour, Alobo Naga performed live on stage his original songs including “Chasing Ghost” the winning song of the recent Artist Aloud Music Award, the biggest independent music award in India.
It may be mentioned that Alobo in the first phase has covered Diphu, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Senapati, Imphal, Churachapur, Ukhrul, Siliguri, Gangtok, Thimphu, Bhutan, Bangladesh , Kuwait. After the show in the Kohima, Alobo Naga is leaving to perform in Lucknow on May 9 and 11, Goa on May 14 and Mumbai May 17 to end the first phase of Kini tour.
Alobo has to his credit, winner of Best Song , Best English song and Best Artist from northeast of India and others. He is also winner of Best Indian Act at MTV European Music Award 2012 and recipient of Governor’s Award for excellence in music 2015.
He is also said to be the artist with the highest shows in a year in India since 2015-2017 doing more than 600 shows across the world. Alobo Naga is also the Ambassador for Swacch Bharat for Nagaland appointed by the Prime Minister of India. He also composed and sang for a song for Bollywood movie “October” starring Varun Dhawan which was released two weeks back.
The programme was attended by host of local musicians and music lovers.