Radio Rudraksha

Rudraksha is the bead worn around the neck, and this station treats Nepali music with something like that kind of reverence. What you get is a broad sweep: adhunik songs, folk tunes built on madal and sarangi, and newer pop from artists in the Bartika Eam Rai and Sajjan Raj Vaidya vein. The folk blocks are the real draw. Not sanitized. You'll hear the tremor in a lok geet vocal, the raw modal bends that no studio polish can fake, and it lands differently than the same track on a streaming playlist. Daytime swings lighter, mixing devotional material and listener requests, which suits the rhythm…