To celebrate 15 years VOICE (Vedic Organization of Indian Culture and Education) will present POP come folk and Sufi singer Neha Tomar in Manchester, Rahul Laud reports
The VOICE (Vedic Organization of Indian Culture and Education) has planned to present the globally acclaimed POP, bhagnra folk, come sufi singer Neha Tomar ( NATO The Artist) in Manchester on 30th August, Friday evening. NATO will share the stage with the renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Dr Vijay Rajput who is an acclaimed music teacher from the University of New Castle and also a teacher at VOICE. The evening will be a unique mix of Bollywood, Sufi and feet-tapping Punjabi folk music, say the organisers.
Some call Neha the Indian Taylor Swift, others say Nato the artist. She is Neha Tomar from Mumbai, a silver medal swimmer, an athlete, and a popular young singer slated to visit the UK at the end of this month. In addition to Manchester two additional concerts are lined up at the Indian High Commission’s cultural wing – ICCR’s Nehru Centre in London. and in Birmingham city.
It is reported that Billboard is already eying on her and the Award circuits have begun approaching her for several nominations and named her UK tour AArambh (The Beginning) . She is one of the rare music composers and the first female composer who has been delivering rare and unique genres Of fusion with Punjabi Spanish, Arabic pop, and, Sufi rock with Spanish. Nato brings with her a different unique and rare artistic calibre. Fluent in Hindi Punjabi English Spanish and Tamil, Nato fuses her language fluency with her music making it uniquely written, giving her a huge following on Instagram and social media.
Her song Maula, written and sung by her, has attracted a large audience. Haldi, Kudi Patakainto, and Reboot, are some of her other tracks that brought her in the limelight. Artists like Kailash Kher are her followers and endorse her professional talent. Kailash Kher with his band Kailas recently had Neha doing the opening act at their LIVE show at Jio Drive She is a female music Director who has touched so many versatile genres and that too with so much ease and smoothness in her very initial years.
Her songs have a wide range of versatility as a composer, it speaks volumes about the expanse of her musical sensibility cutting across cultural boundaries and countries. Her uniqueness lies in her beautiful Indian and ethnic ability to swim international music sensibilities. She has emerged as a global citizen with an international vibe to her fusion songs. She idolizes, Gurdas Mann and Sufi poets, legends like Michael Jackson, AR Rehman, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, old Persian singers, and Vedic chanting and Jlo and Reshma and Spanish folk songs.
This event showcases a classic example of a “living bridge ” between India and the UK. Rooted in Indian traditional music forms both the artistes will explore fusion and attract a global audience.