Bhojpuriya FM

Bhojpuri music doesn't get much attention outside the Gangetic plain, which is exactly why Bhojpuriya FM matters. Tune in to Bhojpuriya FM live and you get the stuff commercial stations ignore: birha, chaita, and the wedding-season standards everyone's aunties know by heart. Don't expect polish. Expect a harmonium, a dholak, and singers who mean it. The playlist swings between folk rooted in Sharda Sinha's tradition and the brassier modern sound of Pawan Singh and Khesari Lal Yadav, the kind of tracks that dominate wedding processions from Birgunj to Janakpur. Some of it is glorious. Some of i…