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Jammu-based hip hop singer Shen B’s never-say-die attitude

Neeraja Murthy Jammu-based hip hop singer Shen B takes on the bullies, censorship and corruption in his four-track EP

P. Vasanth Kumar

Musician P. Vasanth Kumar no more

GEETHA VENKATARAMAN Son of the late Sulochana Pattabhiraman, eminent musician and musicologist, he was a member of the Executive Committee of The Music Academy.

The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had struggled with drug addiction since his teenage years.

Rapper-actor DMX dead at 50

AP The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest”.

Lucky Ali and Eliezer Botzer

Cross-cultural collaboration: Lucky Ali and Eliezer Botzer release their second single, ‘Amaraya’

S B Vijaya Mary Lucky Ali and Eliezer Cohen Botzer hold forth on their latest single ‘Amaraya’ and the spiritual harmony that binds them

Vivek Venugopal

Vivek Venugopal’s latest album Reveries, Op. 7: Notes of contemplation

Neeraja Murthy Composer Vivek Venugopal discusses why it is the musician and not the composer who adds flavour and life to a piece of music

Varkey (Arun Varghese) and Gopikrishnan S Kurup in the video

‘Chiri Paatu’ is an ode to friendship

Athira M Composed by Varkey and directed by Goutham Soorya, the music video brings together a group of friends and capture their smiles

Strings have announced that they are ending their 33-year-long musical partnership

Pakistani rock band Strings call it quits after 33 years

PTI The group took to social media on Thursday evening to announce their decision to disband, saying that the members will share an “inseparable bond”

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In December, Kalakshetra also played host to their annual festival and sold tickets at 50% occupancy. At the Bharata Kalakshetra auditorium, director Revathy Ramachandran recently wrapped up the two-day Trinity Festival, which was streamed online too.

Curtains up: Chennai gets back onstage

The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Amrutha Achalla, second prize in Violin, 0 to 12 years

The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Karthik G, first prize in Vocal, 20-40 years

The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Akhilesh Pandey, second prize in Hindustani, 20-40 years

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The four-hour challenge in Carnatic music

G. Swaminathan Young Bharat Narayanan produced a rich variety of ragas and kritis but the very concept might need rethinking

Right choice of compositions

G. Swaminathan The judicious selection of ragas and kritis by both Nithyasree and Pantula Rama made their concerts stand out

Many moods of melody

MEENA BANERJEE Concerts at the SaMaPa Sangeet Sammelan showcased the essence of tradition

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NCPA Bandish : T.M.Krishna (Vocal) during the performance at Tata Theatre, NCPA on 04/08/2018. Photo By : NARENDRA DANGIYA

Government must come up with schemes to provide socio-economic security for artistes, says TM Krishna

Saraswathy Nagarajan TM Krishna says the government must come up schemes to provide socio-economic security for artistes. He has been selected for the Kerala government’s Swathi Puraskaram for 2020

Karukurichi P. Arunachalam with Gemini and Sivaji.

A great duet recorded separately in nagaswaram and vocal

B. Kolappan 2021 marks birth centenary of Karukurichi P. Arunachalam

Easy like Sunday morning

Berty Ashley ‘The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play’

Sarod player Indrayuddh Majumder

Online music and dance festival Music

Online music and dance festival Swar Samrat online music and dance festival to the (virtual) rescue of artistes

Watch | Paris' rooftop cellist

Musicians, know your rights

Ranjani Siva Kumar performs in a concert by Sangeetha Ksheera Sagaram. Accompanying artistes include: Pappu Gyan Dev on violin, and M Chandrakanth on ghatam. Chilumula Ramakrishna (not seen in the photograph ) on mridangam

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Digital classical concerts YouTube channel Hopead TV’s digital classical concerts connect artistes and rasikas

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S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946 - 2020)

The Hindu Net Desk Few singers could rival him in popularity. Fewer were as versatile. Still fewer were as prolific.

Oscar-nominated British composer Lorne Balfe in the studio

exclusive There shouldn’t be any rules with music, says ‘Gemini Man’ and ‘His Dark Materials’ composer Lorne Balfe

Divya Kala Bhavani Known for his multi-award nominated work, composer Lorne Balfe is ready with a new stretch of scores in ‘Gemini Man’, BBC series ‘His Dark Materials’ and ‘Underground 6’... and for video games too!

The Hindu Music Podcast: In conversation with Sid Sriram

Jayant Sriram In episode 6 of The Hindu’s Music Podcast, singer Sid Sriram takes us on an eclectic journey, from Carnatic music concerts in Chennai, finding stardom in playback singing and breaking barriers with his new independent music projects.

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Jammu-based hip hop singer Shen B’s never-say-die attitude

‘Who is Baul?’ documentary delves into the philosophy of Bengal’s musical mystics

Singer Arya Dhayal’s new song video ‘Angane Venam’ is a catchy call against gender discrimination

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Musician P. Vasanth Kumar no more

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A musical tribute to Suguna Purushothaman

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Bickram Ghosh’s journey from concerts to composing

The ustad behind Senia gharana

Wazir Khan, the star musician of the Rampur court, was both exceptional performer and teacher

Chennai gets a Chester Bennington mural, thanks to the city’s Linkin Park fan club

After the unrelenting, three-year-long efforts of Linkin Park India, a Chester Bennington mural is up in the city

Rapper-actor DMX dead at 50

The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest”.

Spotlight on women composers — From Andal to Ambujam Krishna and beyond

A series that explored the rich feminine legacy in musical composition

Many strings to his bow

Sankari Krishnan’s lec-dem was able to bring out Lalgudi Jayaraman’s genius as composer

Girish Sadhwani and Khanak Joshi’s Sufi concert at Alliance Française de Bangalore on April 10

The aritsts will perform for Jalsa-e-Sufiyana, a fundraiser show organised by Charista Foundation.

Learn the theory of rap at this school of hip hop in Dharavi

The Dharavi Dream Project, India’s only school of hip hop, led by AR Rahman, completes one year of online classes with students from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Canada

Algorithmic recommendations inaccurate for some music lovers: study

The music streaming industry has become popular today, having more than 400 million subscribers worldwide, according to analytics firm Statista

How Oscar-nominated song ‘Húsavík’ shaped the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ movie

Songwriters Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson, the team behind the Oscar-nominated song ‘Húsavík - My Home Town’ from Netflix feature film ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ chat about the track’s far-reaching impact

Composer Osei Essed on Will Smith-hosted series ‘Amend: The Fight For America’

Composer Osei Essed talks about scoring for Netflix limited series ‘Amend: The Fight For America’, that also features Randall Park, Mahershala Ali and Yara Shahidi

Cross-cultural collaboration: Lucky Ali and Eliezer Botzer release their second single, ‘Amaraya’

Lucky Ali and Eliezer Cohen Botzer hold forth on their latest single ‘Amaraya’ and the spiritual harmony that binds them

Vivek Venugopal’s latest album ‘Reveries, Op. 7’ spans a spectrum of contemplative moods

Composer Vivek Venugopal discusses why it is the musician and not the composer who adds flavour and life to a piece of music

‘Chiri Paatu’ is an ode to friendship

Composed by Varkey and directed by Goutham Soorya, the music video brings together a group of friends and capture their smiles

Sithara Krishnakumar’s band Project Malabaricus comes up with a song and a campaign for the environment

The song ‘Arutharuthu, Arutharuthu’, an anthem for the environment, reminds us to respect and protect Nature and its resources

Blend it like Louiz Banks

The celebrated pianist, who just turned 80, was writing jazz compositions using Carnatic scales four decades ago

Gen Z and the hip-hop boom

Luck, A-Gan, D₹V, Arivu, K4 Kekho — the next generation is coming up strong with help from mentors and initiatives geared towards amping up the Indian scene

The spirit of Sufi

A three-day festival in Bhubaneswar presented this spiritual music tradition in all its vivid facets

The four-hour challenge in Carnatic music

Young Bharat Narayanan produced a rich variety of ragas and kritis but the very concept might need rethinking

New tune for a thillana

Carnatic musician Vasantha Kannan composes a thillana in the lesser-known Kadyutha Ganthi raga

Hitting the high notes with Samira Koppikar

The singer-composer talks about her latest hit single ‘Ishq Tumpe Aise’ and her Bollywood journey and philosophy

Meet CJL, the latest Tamil hip-hop artist from Malaysia

Logeswara Rao, also known as CJL, is the latest of the many Tamil rappers from Malaysia. He gets chatting about ‘Lepal Mamak’, his recent hip-hop single

Madhav and Prateek join hands for Tamil single ‘Ennodu Vaa’

This breezy number, composed by Madhav Krishna and Prateek Gandhi, is about a girl and her pet dog, their daily routine and what happens when she moves out

Pakistani rock band Strings call it quits after 33 years

The group took to social media on Thursday evening to announce their decision to disband, saying that the members will share an “inseparable bond”

Stickler for tradition

Lalitha of the Hyderabad Sisters, who passed away recently, carried forward the Alathur bani

Breaking stereotypes in the world of rhythm

Bhagyalakshmi chose the modest morsing but has made quite a mark

Bringing Mozart home

The Rao family of musicians bridged two different worlds at their recent live concert

Art across the Palk Strait

The rich cross-border collaboration and exchange between Sri Lanka and India has been halted by the pandemic

High notes of Holi

In Hindi cinema, the tradition of ‘hori’, celebrating the love of Radha and Krishna, has always been big

What makes Imman’s music click

Looking beyond the composer’s National Award winning song

When Chai Met Toast is back on the road with a multi-city tour

One of the first Indian bands to restart multi-city tours, Kochi band When Chai Met Toast is in Chennai for its final gig

Lalitha of Hyderabad Sisters, no more

The passing of Lalitha came as a shock to the classical music world

A thumbs up for COVID-19 vaccination with a song by doctors

How medical professionals, belonging to the class of ‘78 from Madurai Medical College, have come out with a ‘Covid Vaccine Song’ to leave a positive message on vaccination

Anoushka Shankar’s experiments with the sitar

Her latest single, ‘Sister Susannah’ out today, sitar exponent Anoushka Shankar talks about ‘de-exotifying’ the instrument

'Marakkar' composer Rahul Raj: ‘One has to be a filmmaker at heart’

The music director has composed for two big projects: 'The Priest' starring Mammootty, which released recently, and Priyadarshan’s upcoming film featuring Mohanlal, 'Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea'

When music became portable

Looking back, the mix-tape cassette was the first step in being able to make our own entertainment choices

Right choice of compositions

The judicious selection of ragas and kritis by both Nithyasree and Pantula Rama made their concerts stand out

The songs of Mylapore

As the Panguni festival returns after the lockdown, a look at Papanasam Sivan’s compositions around the event

What made M.S. Subbulakshmi a national icon

Keshav Desiraju’s book on M.S. Subbulakshmi comes alive with stories from the lost world of Carnatic music

Spotify launches Loud & Clear to shed light on artistes’ revenues and streaming stats

The launch comes on the heels of the worldwide #JusticeAtSpotify protests in a fight for greater transparency within the streaming service and a move towards a user-centric payment model

Dapu Khan, the fort singer

Dapu Khan, who performed at Sonar Qila in Jaisalmer for 25 years, passed away recently

Listen between the lines

‘Enjoy Enjaami’ packs a punch with its vibrant and powerful lyrics

Singer Dilnoor: ‘I look forward to seeing if my songs will attract Bollywood audiences’

Punjabi musician Dilnoor explains why his latest track ‘Koi Hor’ is his big break in the industry

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