Khiyo

"Khiyo emerged when Sohini Alam, a singer born in London to Bangladeshi parents, met Oliver Weeks, a Gloucester-born musician-composer steeped in Bengali culture. Their work together reflects nothing less than the laws of chemistry and the story of humanity: Two entities combine to produce something new that shows its roots but also develops independent force and identity. The music of their now six-member band (plus guests) is Bengali folk performed in traditional as well as rock, blues and jazz idioms. The band Khiyo takes its name from a letter of the Bengali alphabet. The letter “khiyo” (ক্ষ) is a conjunct consonant, created by combining two simple consonants into a separate symbol with its own sound. Aajke Shaadi combines multi cultural sounds as it describes a merry and intoxicated crowd at a princess’s wedding"

British/Bengali. Khiyo is named after a letter of the Bengali alphabet, the 'Khiyo'. It is a unique letter that, whilst being a combination of two letters, has an identity of its own representing her place in British Society as a British Bangladeshi.