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What’s unique about the Sankat Mochan festival

Papanasam Sivan’s songs in Sanskrit

Carnatic vocalist Gayathri Girish’s recent workshop showed the composer’s flair for the language

Umayalpuram Sivaraman: ‘I have not even touched the tip of the iceberg’

With 75 years of performance behind him, mridangam maestro Umayalpuram Sivaraman’s zest is still as high as it was when he started playing at the age of five

Watch | Indian-American classical musicians perform in solidarity with India

The online performance organised by Classical Movements will include Indian and Western classical music and personal statements.

I wanted ‘Mandela’ to have an African flavour: Composer Bharath Sankar

Composer Bharath Sankar breaks down the individual songs in his recently-released debut album, ‘Mandela’, and discusses its African connection

Rapper Rap Kid India turns composer-lyricist for Malayalam film

Rapper Aditi Nair aka Rap Kid India talks about having sung and written for ‘Kho Kho’

Hear it from Khaled

The 14-track album features R&B artist Jeremih, back after recovering from COVID-19 and Lil Wayne apart from music industry bigwigs

‘Ullam’ narrates the plight of women through a song about lost love

Composed and sung by Pranav CP, the song is about a relationship that gets burnt at the altar of inequality

‘Kanji’ gets a song and a dance to celebrate it

The music video ‘Oru Kanji paattu’ is about the goodness of ‘kanji’

Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri dies of Covid-related complications

Sitar maestro Pandit Devbrata Chaudhuri died of Covid-related complications at a Delhi hospital on Saturday. He was 85.His son Prateek Chaudhuri

IIT Madras releases a music video on river conservation

A video launched on Earth Day by IIT Madras alumni combines ragas, eminent singers and a message

Svatantra Festival pays tribute to T.N. Krishnan

The ongoing Svatantra 2021 festival is dedicated to maestro T.N. Krishnan

The custodian of KVN’s legacy

Padma Narayanaswamy speaks about her passion for music and her life with the maestro KVN

Pt. Rajan Mishra’s bond with Benaras

How the river and the ancient city defined his art

Pt. Rajan Mishra’s jugalbandi with life

Pt. Rajan Mishra’s music perfectly blended the Benaras gharana’s ethos with contemporary sensibility

‘Enjoy Enjaami’ sound engineer Sai Shravanam: ‘Views do not define music, intent does’

Loved ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ and the tracks from ‘Karnan’? It is the result of several hours put in by sound engineer Sai Shravanam whose latest project is a tribute to India’s rivers

Gourov Dasgupta on composing for 'The Big Bull' and Amitabh Bachchan's 'Chehre'

The composer talks about composing for films, remixes, independent music and more

Immortals Fenyx Rising is ‘ancient Greek meets Fantasia’, says composer Gareth Coker

From commissioning Greek lyres to writing ‘chicken music’, animation and games composer Gareth Coker chats about how Ubisoft’s Immortals Fenyx Rising does not take itself too seriously

On song: Shashwat Singh is the new kid on the block

The lead voice of AR Rahman’s recently-released '99 Songs', Shashwat Singh on the lessons he learnt from the maestro

Classical singer Rajan Mishra passes away

Belonging to the Benaras gharana, Mr. Mishra, along with brother Sajan Mishra, made a mark for himself as a vocalist in the khyal style of Indian classical singing.

Bengaluru singer Saahas Patil’s single ‘California’ is about his life in Los Angeles

Saahas was previously the lead singer of the Bengaluru-based band Allegro Fudge

Nadeem-Shravan made 1990s Bollywood melodious

Composer Shravan Rathod, of popular music director duo Nadeem-Shravan, passed away on Thursday due to COVID-19 related complications

Looking beyond Swati Tirunal

Kerala has produced several brilliant composers, but their works remain neglected in the Carnatic repertoire

Concert themed on Dasavataram

Vignesh Ishwar chose the perfect raga and song to describe each of the avatars of Vishnu

Composer Shravan Rathod, of Nadeem-Shravan duo, dies of COVID-19

The composer was admitted to SL Raheja hospital in a “critical” condition after testing positive for COVID-19. He breathed his last in the hospital.

Vijay Siva launches new YouTube series

Vijay Siva explores a range of topics in an easy, anecdotal way

On the trail of Muvva’s unsung poet

A revival project that seeks to bring the ten surviving songs of Puvvada Sri Ramadasu to light

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

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

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

Sairam Sagiraju’s documentary — Who is Baul? — delves into the centuries-old philosophy of Bengal’s wandering musical mystics

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

Composed for Women and Child Development Department, the track wins hearts on social media

Musician P. Vasanth Kumar no more

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

A musical tribute to Suguna Purushothaman

A concert by the students of Suguna Varadachari marked the 80th birth anniversary of musician and composer Suguna Purushothaman

Bickram Ghosh’s journey from concerts to composing

Tabla exponent Bickram Ghosh recently won the Best Composer award for the film Abhijatrik at the Montreal Independent Film Festival

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

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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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