I wanted to make a very dramatic entrance into Sri Lanka with a Sinhala song and that’s what I did. I kept releasing English songs again and again and then boom! I released a song ‘Anduru Yaame’ with ...

This musical genius is none other than the unfading star of Sri Lankan music, Clarence Wijewardena. The innovator of “Sri Lankan Pop Music” has long left us. But even after decades later, we reminisce ...

Kuma De Silva is one of the leading contemporary pianists in Sri Lanka with a wide repertoire under his belt. His versatility sees him behind the keyboards with pop groups on a higher level. Kuma De ...

The pioneers of the cultural revival which materialised in countries like Sri Lanka in the early 20th century laid the groundwork for the evolution and modernisation of the arts in the region. Yet ...

SBS Sinhala ‘My song’ monthly musical program: Perata Enu Lak Puthune song from Melbourne. Image Source: Supplied by Dhanushka Fernando SBS Sinhala ‘My song’ monthly musical program - Introducing ...

Sri Lanka, Sept. 10 -- Lakith Peiris' Go For Gold web song, Sri Lankan Lionesses on the Rise' rendered by famous vocalists Melantha Perera and Judy Silva, the English version and Gypsies band leader ...

The song launched from Melbourne to support ongoing protests across Sri Lanka for the regime change is completely a Melbourne based creation. Lyrist - Saman Kularathna, Musician - Indrajith Mirihana, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this article, I juxtapose the ways the "father of modern Sinhala drama" John De Silva, and the Sinhah language reformer, Munidasa ...

‘Gee Weenasa’, a Sinhala book analysing the poetic expressions of more than 50 popular songs sung by a collection of singers representing different generations, was released recently. Written by ...

For singer Srinivas, Sri Lanka is familiar performance terrain. He has been visiting since the 1990s, first in his corporate avatar and later as a musician. In his recent show for the Colombo-Indian ...