Malayalam folk rock fans who want to have some fresh adrenalin rush can knock at the ‘Soul of Folk’, an emerging folk rock performers’ and promoters’ collective from northern Kerala led by Athul Narukara, a folklore research scholar from Calicut University.
Athul, 25, from Narukara village in Malappuram, had shot to fame recently singing Palappalli Thiruppalli for Prithviraj’s action-drama flick Kaduva.
Buoyed by the good response from music buffs, Athul is gearing up to archive the contributions and real life stories of a number of unsung heroes of tribal communities. He is now in touch with unsung performers in over 35 tribal communities to prepare them for a grand comeback.
