Sri Lanka News News Sri Lanka » Music: Four-day music festival in Sri Lanka elephant territory set to continue, despite protests
HABARANA, Sri Lanka — As a four-day reggae, rock and hip hop music fiesta got underway Feb. 17, putting many wild animals inhabiting a forest reserve in Habarana in Sri Lanka’s North Central province ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: Sri Lanka’s first 3D music video ‘Tharunai Thaama’
Redefining the horizons in the music industry, SLT-MOBITEL together with Marians and 360 Productions Group (Pvt) Ltd, launched Sri Lanka’s first 3D music video ‘Tharunai Thaama’, synergizing music, ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: Music in the spirit of peace
In June 2018, an ensemble of young Sri Lankan choristers opened their souls in song onstage at the Yale International Choral Festival. Their soulful renditions of Islamic devotional music, from naats ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: Pepsi Street Kala 2.0 showcases Sri Lankan art, music, and food, uniting audiences in colourful cultural celebration
Pepsi Street Kala returned for its second edition on 4 July 2026 at Excel World, Colombo, turning the venue into a whole-day celebration of Sri Lankan Kala with festivities incorporating Sri Lankan ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: THE SRI LANKA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, DANCE AND SPEECH 2023
International Institute of Music, Speech, and Drama (Pvt) Ltd. headed by Shyama Perera presents the 26th annual Sri Lanka Festival of Music, Dance and Speech. The Sri Lanka Festival of Music, Dance ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: Sunil Santha is Sinhala Music -Monash Academic
‘Rituals and Music in the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka’, was Donaldson’s doctoral thesis at Monash University for research on which he visited Sri Lanka in 1996. “From my Hotel room ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: Outright Stage: A New Era for Live Music in Sri Lanka Debuts with Yohani’s Return
Outright Play, Sri Lanka’s pioneering platform for nurturing artists into global icons, launched its first-ever event, “Outright Stage: Volume 1,” an electrifying live concert featuring global pop ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: Bread & Beethoven—the music bread trucks of Sri Lanka
The music of Ludwig Van Beethoven can evoke many feelings, but has it ever made you think of food? If you are from Sri Lanka then chances are that it has. Sri Lanka’s choon pan trucks, which ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: ‘We cannot carry on as usual’: Sri Lanka’s economic crisis forces artists to quit
A policeman stands guard in front of a banner during an ongoing anti-government demonstrations near the president’s office in Colombo (AFP via Getty) Sri Lankan rapper Sahan Isuranga, widely known as ...
News Sri Lanka » Music: Manike Mage Hithe: The viral song that could pave the way for future Sri Lanka-India music collaborations
The current version of the Sinhala song, sung by Yohani and Satheeshan, released in May 2021. (Picture courtesy: IE) Every once in a while, there comes a song that breaks the language barrier and, ...