The second day of Fusion -2016, as anticipated was rocking with Naga Folk Blues. Rewben Mashangva commonly known as Guru Rewben showed Bhopal the audacity and range when folk and fusion comes together. This Naga fan of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley enthralled audience with great tunes on his guitar producing a ethnic folk sound like no one can along with that, the mouth organ, the four hole flute known as yangkahui, the tingteila (folk fiddle) and his rare cow bell percussion.
In the band performance, Guru Rewben presented songs from his fusion albums like TANTIVY (Folk Art & Cultural Guild-1999) and CREATION (Roots Release-2007). He also presented some country songs from the hills of Nagaland. Guru’s son Saka who joins him onstage plays a traditional cowbell and sing. A great fan of lyrics of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley mentioned that their poetry and song lyrics influence the artists all over the world. His (Guru Rewben’s) country music too has influence of the thought process. He expressed his feelings through guitar sounds.
A documentary movie titled "Songs of Mashangva", a 82 minute musical film produced & directed by Oinam Doren staring Rewben Mashangva was released in 2012 and was selected into the 18th edition of the Lessinia Film Festival in the “Competition” category and was shown in Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy.
Songs performed by Guru rewben are
1 I believe in you
2 Nobody's Child
3 One love One heart
4 Princess of the mountain
5 Masti ki Hasti me zindagi ki hasti hai
After the Guru Rewben’s performance, Ehool Band performed fusion music of Manipur. On 13th January, 2016 Grammy nominated band ‘Abiogenesis’ will perform.

Date: January 13, 2016