Folk Music of Mithila is the most ancient types of music in the Indian subcontinent.No one knows exactly when Maithili Music came into existence , probably due to the length of its history. It may say that its age might have helped other music develop and flourish in India and Nepal. Mithila is a great cultural land where this significant tradition of the folk song is shinning from the thousands of years.The Maithili Music was carried to Nepal, Uttar Pradesh , Bengal and to many more areas of Indian subcontinent. Folk songs, religious songs of Vaishnavas were very popular in Medieval period. There were certain rural centers where fine forms of Music have been developed. Darbhanga, Panchgachhiya in Saharsa district, Ara and Jhabua towns have developed prolifically the Music of various forms.

Maithili music is very much traditional . Maithili Music is usually played by classical instruments, but now use of modern instruments is making these folksongs more appreciable. From those times there are several contributers who has been giving their whole lives to music. Vidyapati was the patron of music and literature of Mithila.

Now there are many musicians who are doing great for the Mithilanchal Music and are seem to have more popular outside Mithila. Some recognizable names are Kunj Bihari, Pravesh Mallick, Sharda Sinha, Maithili Thakur.