Nepathya performs in US city of Austin

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, May 20: Nepathya has kicked off its American tour this year by performing folk-rock tunes for audiences on Sunday in Austin. 

The band performed their newly released song Karnali Ka Chhaila live for the first time during the concert.

 Along with this performance, the band announced that the song would now be available for free on YouTube. Previously, fans had to pay to listen to the song for one week.

“We found that many fans appreciated the paid access option, which we tried for the first time to support the band,” said Kiran Krishna Shrestha from Nepalaya, the band’s management company.

 The band performed songs like Koshiko Pani, Shirphool, Karnali Ka Chhaila and more for two hours.  

The band arrived in Texas this week with plans to perform a series of concerts in seven US cities. 

This was their first concert in Austin, although they had performed twice before in Dallas, another Texas city.

This marks Nepathya’s seventh tour of the US, with a month-long itinerary. 

 The lead singer, Amrit Gurung, was accompanied by Dhruva Lama on drums, Subin Shakya on bass guitar, Niraj Gurung on guitar, Shanti Rayamajhi on madal, and Dinesh Raj Regmi on keyboard in the Austin performance. 

For the second show of their US tour, the band will travel from Texas to Washington.

 Nepathya will perform in Seattle on May 23. 

After Seattle, the band will perform in Los Angeles, California, on May 26, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 31, Chicago, Illinois, on June 7, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 11, and finally in Greensboro, North Carolina, on June 14.