Vocals: Prajna, Guitar: Abhijit Kundu, Mandolin: Diptanshu Roy, Dupki: Subhamay Das, Backing Vocals: Karishma Siddique Roy, Recorded and mixed by Tiru at Blue Monk Inc
Diptanshu Roy, aka Dolinman is perhaps the first Bluegrass mandolin player from India, and his renditions of Bengali folk melodies highlight unlikely parallels between the folk traditions of Bengal and Appalachia. He also plays European and other Indian folk styles on the mandolin. He has collaborated with several folk artists and is well acclaimed for his incredible musicianship.
He has played in many popular film scores including Piku, Nirbaak, The Bongs Again, Neellohit, Praktan and Pariah Dog. Diptanshu has a great fan following for his outstanding musicality. He is the founder of Folkpick, a VLOG archiving folk styles of India. He is the co-founder of bands Fiddler's Green, NSA, Bemanan, & Two Macha.
His ongoing project is Dolinman X, which is a series of live recordings in collaboration with musicians from different musical backgrounds and it has been very well received.
Diptanshu is also a composer and music producer, creating music for blogs, films and advertisements.
Festivals Played
Bourges Festival (Bourges, France) 2013
Mandopolis Festival, Solo Concert (Puget-Théniers-France) 2013
Lohagarh Baul Fakir Utsav (Bengal, India) 2014
Mandolin Symposium, Student concert with David Grismn ensemble (California, USA) 2014
Mt. Shasta Fiddle Camp – Weed Concert (California, USA) 2014
Dhaka International Folk Festival (Dhaka, Bangaladesh) 2015
Kolkata Literary Meet, 2015
Serendipity Arts Festival (Goa, India) 2016
The India Story (Kolkata) 2016, 2017
Nariyal Paani Festival (Alibaug, India) 2017
NABC (Santa Clara, California, USA) 2017
Live at Adobe Books (24th Street, San Francisco, California, USA) 2017
NH7 (Shillong & Pune) 2018, 2019
Orange Festival of Music (Arunachal Pradesh) 2017, 2018
Basar Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) 2018
Ranthambore Festival 2018
Ziro Festival of Music (Arunachal Pradesh) 2016, 2019
Chitwan Jungle Cricket Fest (Nepal) 2019
Little Flea Festival (Delhi, Mumbai) 2020, 2023
Nabanna Festival (Shantiniketan) 2023
Kolkata River Festival 2023
i love to doodle, paint and write in my daily journal. My latest passion project is making small leather goods using simple tools and high quality undyed veg-tanned leather. You can check some of leather work on my Insta handle @kerning_man
You can also write to me if u want me to post you a letter in a Dolinman postcard
Dolinman Postcard