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Music Band Krosswindz

Krosswindz is a Bengali Rock/Folk-Fusion band, based in Kolkata, India. Krosswindz have performed their unique brand of music all over the Globe to wide acclaim.Krosswindz are the only band from Asia to win 2 awards at the recently concluded Grassroot Grammy Awards held in Indianapolis IN,USA, Krosswindz won Best International Group and Best Asian Album respectively. krosswindz performs in English,Bengali,Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese and Bollywood songs too Krosswindz have helped urbanize the folk music of Bengal with Rock and Fusion overtones, and made it popular with their signature world music touch.Krosswindz have touched the hearts of listeners all over the globe with a vast catalogue of originals in their unique World/Rock music style that have gone on to become radio staples. Krosswindz is one of the few Kolkata based Bengali Rock bands that have a female singer on lead vocals. The band was formed in 1990, and started out playing at college festivals and eventually graduated on to touring big arenas around the world. Krosswindz have also won the Album of the year from the prestigious Indian Music Awards-The Mirchi Music Awards for the years 2012 and 2016 along with garnering several other accolades over the years from leading media and cutting edge Music tastemakers . The band has performed and collaborated with internationally reputed names like Jazz legend- Herbie Hancock (USA),Bumblefoot of Guns and Roses(USA), Sky High (Sweden),Matt Fisher(Drummer-UK), Tizian Jost (Pianist-Germany), Jan Kooper(Saxophonist-Amsterdam),The Jazz Ambassadors(Jazz band from USA), amongst numerous other fantastic musicians. The band's music has been featured in numerous films and commercials. Notable films being-Way back Home,Kolkatar King,Ujane Poddo Bhashe,Amra Ebong among many more. The band's music has been licensed by universally loved brands like MG Motors, PTG Publishing (Los Angeles),HMV India,Shemaroo India,Songdew Network India, Joe Anthony Productions(Washington), Perpetual Music(Los Angeles) among others. KROSSWINDZ are the first band from the eastern region of India to release an album of English language originals from a major label- (BMG) back in 1993 titled SINGLES. Krosswindz have also released full-length English language original albums titled One World and The Secret Album as released in 2002 and 2010 respectively. They also have releases from RSJ records New Delhi . Chandrani the lead singer has originals that were featured in the wildly popular CDs GIR vol 1 and 2(The Great Indian Rock) as released by the beloved Rock Street Journal. Krosswindz have 9 albums in their regional language Bengali and the number is growing rapidly. Krosswindz have toured the US several times-playing for the renowned Sandusky Radio unplugged concert series in Seattle, along with playing concerts at the following cities-Los Angeles, New York, San Fransisco, Chicago, Jersey City, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin TX, Tampa, San Diego, Sacramento and Boston. Krosswindz have also toured in Europe and in the South-East Asian countries of Vietnam, The Philippines, Bhutan and Thailand Pricing Band fees for corporate show within Kolkata Rs70,000/ Band fees for corporate show in all cities other than Kolkata Rs1,30,000/ Band fees for wedding show within Kolkata Rs100,000/ Band fees for wedding show in all cities other than Kolkata Rs150,000/ International Music genre offered English Rock,pop,jazz Blues,country,funk,fusion Indian genres offered- Bollywood,Punjabi,Bengali folk-Fusion, Assamese folk
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