![]() The land of the snake charmer had a definite charm.Īrchy’s YouTube channel has thousands of followers. The name was apt because her music was an attempt to breath Indian tunes into the pipe. More and more music videos were to follow.Īrchy named her band The Snake Charmer. A week later, Archy returned to India triumphantly. The piper was impressed by the knowledge of his Indian student. She went to Scotland, the mecca of the pipe. The responses encouraged her to master the pipe. ![]() Hitherto only her family members and close friends were aware of her unique taste and talent. It took her two more years of practice before recording her own music video.Īrchy became an overnight sensation when she posted her first video on YouTube. She practised chanter for more than a year, until she got a bagpipe imported from Germany in 2014. Paulson told Archy that learning the chanter (the pipe of a bagpipe with finger holes) was the best way to get initiated. He advised her on how to go about mastering the instrument. Shawn Paulson from the United States was the first to respond. She made contact with bagpipers around the world. The band, however, disbanded in 2012, leaving the lead singer to pursue her love of the bagpipe. She said her epiphany was in 2012 when she watched a European band on YouTube.Īrchy was part of a Delhi-based band named Rogue Saints. Once she earned a degree in mass communication, she joined the business firm run by her brother. She was invariably drawn to western music. She started singing when she was just six years old. Her musical journeys were no less eclectic. The moment her lips touch the pipe, however, she belongs to the instrument.īorn to Indian Air Force officer Jayan Nair from Mavelikkara and Renuka from Palakkad, Archy travelled across the country with her parents during her school years. The Delhi-based Malayali, who mastered the enchanting wind instrument, has been honoured by the Union woman and child development ministry as the first woman bagpiper in India.Īrchy, as Archana Jayan is fondly called, is a picture of contrast to the Scottish men in kilts with whom bagpipes are commonly associated. Sadly, politics trumps principles in Kerala!Īrchy is no highlander but she is high on the bagpipe.Priya Menon is all set to take Sankalp to the next level.Tribunal rejects claim on early conciliation number.Social media savvy cops setting example in Bengaluru.KPP: The Unsung Voyager of Kerala Industry.Omar Sharif: Best bridge player in the world.Retirement is not 'the evening of life'.Heading towards stronger foreign exchange reserves.Radhika Thilak, that gentle sweetness, is gone much before her time.Migrant workers send home 4 per cent of Kerala's GDP.Transcendence of Death in the Harry Potter Series.Why rolling your eyes at feminists isn’t helping anyone.International Film Festival Of India 2017 | Goa Film festival | IFFI Awards | Onmanorama.International Film Festival of Kerala 2017 | Kerala Film festival | IFFK Awards | Onmanorama.
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