"From Roots to Stardom” || "Unveiling the Soulful Sounds of Kashmir: A Journey with Aabha Hanjura" || The Singer - Songwriter Checklist || S01E17 Recently recognised as one of the 50 Game Changers Women in India, Aabha Hanjura is hailed as a pioneer in Kashmiri Folk Pop music .While Aabha grew up outside her homeland ,she eventually took inspiration from her roots for her music and is now on a quest to take the sounds of her homeland and her roots to a larger audience by experimenting on classical folk with contemporary sounds and is widely credited for reviving long lost accents and folk instruments of the Kashmir valley.Her viral track Hukus Bukus made its way into the famous web series Family Man and also garnered over 6.7 million views on YouTube. Aabha's music has played a crucial role of forging bonds as she played a historic public concert in Kashmir attended by more than 5000 people, after which Aabha has gone on to play at several prestigious stages in India as well as internationally with her band Sufistication & has been a headliner at acclaimed music festivals in India,like Jaipur Literature Festival, Udaipur World Music Festival,Reth, Taalbelia ,Rekhta ,Coke Studio ,Common Roots Festival with her folk fusion act Aabha Hanjura feat The Kashmiri Folk Ensemble. Widely acclaimed in the concert curcuit, Aabha has been widely recognised by prestigious awards like the HER Music Award by We The Women Asia, Times Power Woman,by Times of India,50 game changer women , in Indian Entertainment by Hungama ,Best Folk Fusion Artist by AAMA,HER music, by IPRS & DOLBY ,amongst many others and recently concluded the first leg of the tour for her new show Songs Of Home, to a sold out audience at Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai,and at other venues in Bengaluru & Kashmir. _______________________