The Dharohar Project 2009
In December 2009, Laura Marling and Mumford and Sons played six dates in India as part of the British Council’s India Soundpad Project.
10 December – Ashok Amphitheatre – New Delhi
11 December – High Spirits, Pune
12 December – Bandra Amphitheatre – Mumbai
17 December – Kyra Theater – Bangalore, India
18 December – Live – Hyderabad
19 December – Some Place Else – Calcutta
In Delhi, Marcus Mumford was sick and unable to perform, but the remaining members of Mumford and Sons jammed with Marling and the Rajasthani folk band collaborating.
Lynn Roberts of For Folk’s Sake quoted Marling as saying: “The gigs in Mumbai and Delhi…were outside amphitheaters, really beautiful settings. The rest of the gigs we played were tough for me. It was tough on the soul as well because no-one was listening. I’m never ungrateful for anything I do because all of it is an incredible experience but it wasn’t what I expected it to be. I lost my patience a few times.” She was particularly frustrated with the final show in Calcutta. “I’ve never experienced anything like that last gig in Calcutta,” she said. “I don’t write songs that people can dance to but I wouldn’t write songs if I didn’t want people to listen to them. Apart from the 5 ex-pats at the front nobody else wanted us to be there…I only played five songs, but I screamed them.”
THE DHAROHAR PROJECT EP was released on 5 July 2010. Below are lyrics for all four tracks with video links.
MEHENI RACHI
Perhaps I’ll be a bird one day
if I am good enough
and I’ll spread out and fly way
and give up all this stuff
I am from a country land
where beauty only grows
and though I’d love to leave some day
I’d dare not ever go
And should you see my sister
she is small and gold
They will not hear a word you say
they don’t believe in souls
Perhaps I’ll be a bird one day
if I am good enough
and I’ll get up and fly way
and give up all this stuff
I am from a country land
where beauty only grows
and though I’d dream to leave some day
I’d dare not ever go
And should you see my sister
They are small and gold
They will not hear a word you say
they don’t believe in souls
I am no deceiver
I am a believer
I am no deceiver
TO DARKNESS / KRIPA
Take my eyes and my whole heart in your hands
In your hands
And board the yacht as in departs
Lead me on the shore
But I will hunt no more
Hold my sin above my head
And take me home instead
Take me home instead
I will not speak of your sin
There is a way out for him
The mirror shows not
Your values are all shocked
(chorus)
But oh, my heart was fraud
I knew my weakness
So hold my hand
Consign me not to darkness
ANMOL RISHTY
The tale of love gives life colour, uniqueness
It will yield the branch that flower the connection of love to love
Love is a paradigm/ ideal in life
Love ends enmity and bad blood
Love makes a human, human
Look at the commodities in the market
Everything is pricey
And I’m loving you for free
This is my unique commodity that doesn’t sell in the market
No need to use the weighing scale, take whatever quantity
Love is strange yet fascinating
Love is vital for life
Makes man human
Converts stone to God
Look at the market every thing is expensive
And then there is me who is giving my love for free
DEVIL’S SPOKE / SNEH KO MARG
I might be a part of this
Ripple on water from a lonesome drip
A fallen tree that witness me
I’m alone, him and me
And then life itself can not aspire
To have someone be so admired
I threw creation to my kin
Have the silence broken by a whispered wind
All of this can be broken
All of this can be broken
Hold your devil by his spoke
and spin him to the ground
And root to root and tip to tip
I look at him, my country gip
All leathered up by all his fears
But someone brought you close to tears
Many trains and many miles
Brought you to me on this sunny isle
What of which you wish to speak
Have you come here to rescue me?
All of this can be broken
All of this can be broken
Hold your devil by his spoke
and spin him to the ground
But the love of your life lives but lies no more
And where she lay a flower grows
And the arms that fed and the babes that wed
And the backs have bled keeping her in tow
But I am your keeper
And I hold your face away from light
I am yours ’til they come
I am yours ’til they come
Eye to eye, nose to nose
Ripping off each other’s clothes
In the most peculiar way
Eye to eye, nose to nose
Ripping off each other’s clothes
In the most peculiar way
Performing on the album are:
Banjo – Winston Marshall
Double Bass, Backing Vocals – Ted Dwane
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Ben Lovett
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Drum, Tambourine – Marcus Mumford
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Double Bass – Laura Marling
Dholak – Kutla Khan Manganiyar
Drums [Bhapang], Vocals – Jumma Jogi Mewati
Drums [Ghungroo], Bells, Vocals, Voice – Dilip Bhatt
Drums [Khartal] – Bhungar Khan Manganiyar
Idiophone [Morchang], Vocals – Raeis Khan Manganiyar
Sarangi, Vocals – Sardar Khan Langa
Vocals – Daya Ram
Vocals – Sumitra