page_title: Newa music
section_title: Modern music
hierarchical_section_title: Newa music / Modern music
caption_attribution_description: English: Gramophone record of Nepal Bhasa song Danchhi ya alu (A farthing worth of potatoes) by Madan Krishna.
context_page_description: Newa music, also spelled Newar music, is traditional music developed in Nepal by the Newars. The music has its roots in classic Hindu and Buddhist music. It evolved with incorporation of folk music of the Kathmandu valley and its peripheries. Musical instruments mainly consist of percussion and wind instruments.
context_section_description: Apart from traditional music, there also exists popular music. One of them being Rajamati. Maestro Seturam Shrestha recorded the song first on a gramophone disc in Kolkata in 1908. At the end of 2005, The Lakhey (First Newa Metal Band)(Navras Shrestha) Recorded their First Newari Metal Dhampa tacha.
  In contemporary culture, there are numerous pop musicians, lyricists and singers, namely Prem Dhoj Pradhan, Madan Krishna Shrestha, and Durga Lal Shrestha.
caption: Gramophone record of the song Danchhi ya alu by Madan Krishna Shrestha.
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