Music

I will be in Bhutan in April for 10 days, touring with Mountain Sobek (a US travel company)and I will have my guitar plus 10 friends who are excellent singers and musicians. I understand that the Bhutanese people are taught english - can anyone recommend some songs that we could sing that the locals might know or have heard? We sing and play most everything, from Beatles to John Denver to Burl Ives and beyond.

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Hi Jackson,

Some locals have their own MP3 and they share the India music with me while I share mine with them.

Actually, in Paro or Thimphu, you%26#39;ll see people carrying laptops, talking on mobile phones, listening to MP3 but dress in their tradition wear. By night fall, people will walk around in T-shirt, jeans or leather jackets.

If you go out out of Paro or Thimphu, places are more remote, there is even no electricity supply during my stay in a village call Shingkra, but I can check e-mail in Bumthang.

I believe most Bhutanese love foreign music, cos most of the tv channels they have are Indian ones while the local channels are kind of news oriented. So, I believe if they like the rhythm, it%26#39;s ok.

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There is a cool karaoke bar in Paro - can%26#39;t remember the name, but you%26#39;ll be able to find it easily enough. It%26#39;s karaoke insofar as there is a live band taking requests - the requestor does the singing - I am sure they would have no problem with you borrowing an instrument or two and doing a couple numbers - the crowd would love it. We had a blast when we were there with our guide.