Lou Majaw: India’s ‘Bob Dylan’ gets Lifetime Achievement Award

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday conferred the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ to legendary musician Lou Majaw during the launch of a unique initiative to promote music in the state, called the “Meghalaya Grassroots Music Project”.

Meghalaya Grassroots Music Project is a unique programme of the Government that will recognise and promote music talents. Under this initiative, the State Government will support gigs and music shows across the State. It will also provide a platform for the musicians to showcase their musical talents. Through the programme, the Government will also support artists for tours outside the State.

Some of the unique features of this intervention are – the street performance platform, wherein artists will perform in different public spaces being created by the Government and the music café platform, wherein artists will get the opportunity to perform in different cafés across the State.