We’re more than halfway through Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021, but the longest trip of the journey has just begun, because for this episode of the interview series, we’re flying over a couple continents to meet Tamil-Canadian mridangam player, singer & producer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yanchanproduced/?hl=en">Yanchan</a>! He takes Mae through forcing his parents to let him learn the mridangam as a kid, the beauty of beat tapes, and shows her around his hometown – musically, of course – through his latest release, The Scarborough Beat Tape, from which you’ll get to listen to ‘Bluffs’ and ‘Kennedy Station’ at the end of this episode! --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href="https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href="https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

Dads In The Park

Whether it’s a shoegaze band from Chandigarh, thrash metal act from Visakhapatnam, rapper from Kashmir, vocal folk quartet from Kohima, Tamil indie pop act from Madurai, or a singer-songwriter from Mussoorie, Maed in India is where you’ll discover it.
Started in 2015, music nerd and ex-radio presenter Mae Mariyam Thomas showcases the best talent coming out of South Asia and its diaspora. 
The show is India’s first indie music podcast and prides itself on being the premier destination for new music, little known stories that give you a peek into the lives of independent musicians, as well as being an ongoing archive of unreleased music never heard before.
“Remember that in the darkest days when everything stopped, you turned to artists.” - Jishnu Bandyopadhyay