desiFEST 2011: Avalla and Parichay
desiFEST, Canada’s South Asian Festival , will be celebrating its 5th year anniversary on Saturday, May 28th, 2011, at Yonge & Dundas Square in Toronto ON. Check out who will be rocking the stage at this year’s event.
desiFEST, Canada’s South Asian Festival , will be celebrating its 5th year anniversary on Saturday, May 28th, 2011, at Yonge & Dundas Square in Toronto ON. Check out who will be rocking the stage at this year’s event.
Avalla
- Toronto based Avalla, meaning unique, is the true essence of this artist collective that has taken Toronto music industry by storm since hitting the scene in 2007
- Avalla was formed by seven members coming together to bring their unique talents together to create this bhangra fusion band, with vocals lead by Sunny Khaira
- Opened for artists such as “Barenaked Ladies” at CTV 2010 Winter Olympics tour and Bhangra legend “Malkit Singh” as well as performed at prestigious Trillium Hospital Diwali gala
Parichay
- As a ‘triple-threat’ artist, Singer, Songwriter and Producer Toronto’s own, Parichay has created a sound that is unique to today’s generation, combining a touch of Hindi Classical and Pop with mainstream Hip Hop, RnB, Reggae, House and Dancehall
- His debut album “No Boundaries”, released May 2009 by Times Music in the Indian sub-continent stayed on the Top 10 Indi-Pop charts for 12 consecutive weeks peaking at #4.
- His latest single “Tum Habibi” featuring DTP Rapper Joe Louis peaked at #1 on Sunrise Radio UK, #3 on Buzz Asia charts in London
- Parichay has also collaborated with RDB on the title song of blockbuster “Yamla Pagla Deewana” featuring superstars Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol
Parichay also produced the official remix of “Khuda Haffiz from the Bollywood movie, “Mittal vs. Mittal”
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