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NaadSadhana app: from a simple tuner to a complex AI Indian Classical music creator

Divya Kala Bhavani Pune-based musician-developer Sandeep Ranade discusses the evolution of his Artificial Intelligence music app NaadSadhana that helps Indian Classical musicians tune, synthesise and create music. The app won in the Innovation category at the Apple Design Awards during WWDC21.

Ardhra Sajan does beatboxing and flute beatboxing

Kerala-based beatboxer Ardhra Sajan is upbeat as she hosts up-and-coming artistes on her Instagram page

Athira M Ardhra, who blends mimicry with beatboxing and also does fluteboxing, gives opportunity for rising stars to perform on her Instagram page

Singer Jack Garratt on life as a musician and his struggles with mental health

Susan Joe Philip He recently released a new performance of his single called Time on YouTube

Chinmayi, live on Twitter: How the singer’s Spaces concerts altered people’s perception of her

Srinivasa Ramanujam Singer Chinmayi talks about her recent, impromptu concerts on Twitter Spaces in which she takes on impromptu requests too

DJ Martin Garrix

Interview Martin Garrix feels honoured to have composed the official song for UEFA EURO 2020

S B Vijaya Mary The acclaimed songwriter, producer and top-ranking DJ speaks about the euphoria that surrounds the EURO 2020 anthem and his inspirations in life

Frizzell D’Souza

Watch: Mangaluru singer Frizzell D’Souza’s latest single ‘Foolish Once Again’, a love ballad

Praveen Sudevan Frizzell’s third single has over 22,000 views on YouTube and about 45,000 streams on Spotify

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and legendary American guitarist and Grammy award winner Joe Walsh

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and legendary guitarist Joe Walsh hope to heal with music

Neeraja Murthy The three-song EP launched on June 4 pays tribute to doctors and frontline workers and also features a ‘Black Lives Matter’ prayer

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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

Classical

The physical representation of ‘Betty’s Notebook’

crypto World’s first programmable master of classical music NFT bought for more than US$375,000

Divya Kala Bhavani After shooting to crypto-fame for buying Beeple’s ‘Everydays’, Metapurse dives into classical music with a choral piece drawn on one of the world’s most fascinating missing person’s cases: Amelia Earhart

Pandit Rajan Mishra. File

Classical singer Rajan Mishra passes away

Special Correspondent 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.

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

Pandit Rajan Mishra. File

Classical singer Rajan Mishra passes away

Karukurichi P. Arunachalam with Gemini and Sivaji.

A great duet recorded separately in nagaswaram and vocal

Easy like Sunday morning

Sarod player Indrayuddh Majumder

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

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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.

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.

Bollywood tunes: A still from Manmarziyan

In praise of Amit Trivedi

Narendra Kusnur And the award for the Best Hindi Film Musician 2018 goes to... Amit Trivedi. Before anyone asks why I haven’t named Arijit Singh, Ajay-Atul or the now

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NaadSadhana app: from a simple tuner to a complex AI Indian Classical music creator

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Martin Garrix feels honoured to have composed the official song for UEFA EURO 2020

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Chinmayi, live on Twitter: How the singer’s Spaces concerts altered people’s perception of her

Singer Chinmayi talks about her recent, impromptu concerts on Twitter Spaces in which she takes on impromptu requests too

DJ night on Clubhouse an instant hit with Malayalis globally

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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and legendary guitarist Joe Walsh hope to heal with music

The three-song EP launched on June 4 pays tribute to doctors and frontline workers and also features a ‘Black Lives Matter’ prayer

Malayalam playback singers pay a melodious tribute to SPB

Playback singers’ association had a Facebook live of SPB’s songs on the legend’s birth anniversary

Watch: Mangaluru singer Frizzell D’Souza’s latest single ‘Foolish Once Again’, a love ballad

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Vishnu Ravindran Nair’s upcoming album Stories From A Space Station is inspired from astronauts

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Amrit Ramnath: ‘Though I respond to other forms, Carnatic music is my core’

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Rangan Brothers’ concert: Themed on Swati Tirunal kritis

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Coachella music festival to return in April 2022

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Shayan Italia’s ‘Warriors’ to rekindle the fighting spirit

The song represents people who come back to prove their worth

All the web’s a stage

The Internet is ruthless, and everyone is clueless. Where do artistes go from here?

Musicians engage with listeners in novel ways

Artistes are coming up with researched and thematic ideas to connect more deeply with online listeners

A first-of-its-kind book on the anatomy of mridangam

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Raamlaxman (1942-2021): The composer behind some of Bollywood’s biggest hits

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Music director Raamlaxman, of ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ fame, dies at 78

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Adi Sankara as brilliant poet

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'Karnan' brings together two different musical worlds

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Fitting tribute by Krishna Ramarathinam

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A good student who can, with diligence, blossom into a competent musician

Western string meets Eastern note

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A sarod festival in memory of the legendary Annapurna Devi

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Chandigarh band Rawmats’ ‘refix’ music recaptures the 1990s vibe

The band’s latest romantic single ‘Kyu Kehti Ho’ is a big hit online

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Twenty-five year-old Dutch DJ Martin Garrix ropes in legendary U2 bigwigs Bono and The Edge for the song

Pink: parent, performer, pacesetter

Director Michael Gracey on shooting Pink for his new documentary 'P!nk: All I Know So Far,' and how her eight-year-old daughter often stole the show

Vires versus virus in the second wave

Since the beginning of the pandemic, two singers have been supporting light-music performers through a charity sustained by live shows on Facebook. The initiative has undergone a major change, in fact ‘100 Changes’

How AR Rahman’s ‘O Paalanhaare’ became a prayer board for people battling COVID-19

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Yuvan Shankar Raja, AR Ameen collaborate for new spiritual single

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Singer VV Prassanna takes the independent route with ‘Masikkadhey’

The journey of musician VV Prassanna’s upcoming musical effort

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Rama was not just inspired Tyagaraja, but many other composers

Prema Hariharan was as graceful as her music

Prema Hariharan, who passed away recently, was an exemplary guru and vocalist

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