Devanshi Joshi. Vadodara/DNA
Saturday, September 27, 2008
With Navratri just a few days away, revellers in the city are already into the festive mood by thronging music shops for cassettes and CDs of garba songs. Traditional folk songs, Gujarati movie songs and Hindi dandiya mix are in huge demand. And, with the increasing demand for these songs, the market for garba CDs in Vadodara is experiencing a boom time this Navratri.Different types of new albums have arrived this year with names like non-stop garba-2008, remix garba, dandia ni ramjhat and many more are becoming instant hits. Music-shop owners in city are witnessing an increase in demand of garba CDs due to these new arrivals.However, traditional Gujarati garba songs have always been close to the hearts of people of this city. Anup Vasvani, a music-shop owner at Rajmahel road, said: “The demand for garba CDs had in fact started a month before the Navratri festival as people need them for practice.” Said Sushil Soni, another music-shop owner at Fatehgunj: “Demand of garba CDs has left Hindi movie songs behind. Customers demand for garba songs these days. We have a variety of garba albums launched by music companies. This year almost 50 garba albums are ruling the market.” This year, a fusion of garba songs with different western music is becoming a rage among young Barodians.“Though the demand for fusion and remix songs is increasing, when it comes to playing garba, Vadodara is still famous for its traditional style of garbas during Navratri. Folk songs like Sanedo and Timali have always attracted huge crowd,” said Manoj Patel, a music shop-owner at Karelibaug.Not only audio albums, even video albums of popular garba singers shot at famous garba spots are also in high demand.
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