Musical Notes
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‘A storm in an ocean’: Hindustani vocalist Kumar Gandharva refused to be bound by orthodoxy
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Once a common music instrument, will the bulbul tarang ever take flight again?
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Interview: Musician Keaton Henson explores his disconnect with fame in ‘House Party’
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Why 1992 is the year the song changed in India
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How are freedom and democracy reflected in Hindustani music practice? A tabla maestro’s reflections
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Listen: These Bihu songs reveal the rhythms and routines of rural Assam
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Nearly 30 years after Fela Kuti’s death, the music world is still playing catch up
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Audio cassettes are ‘a bit rubbish’, so why did their sales double during the pandemic?
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Rhythm of change: The complex world of underground music in Kashmir
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Advice from the greats: Plagiarism is ‘natural and necessary’ to make groundbreaking music
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On UK’s music charts, a pro-Brexit song and the ‘Anthem for Europe’ compete for the top spot
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Remembering the Khasi singer who immortalised fading folktales and village life
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Video: How Nokia’s signature ringtone was created from the work of a 19th century Spanish guitarist
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After creating soundtracks and noise rock, Kapil Seshasayee is exploring caste system
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Gulzar on why Hindi films cannot be representative of Indian music
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Video: This opera conductor is back in India 35 years after she was adopted by a Danish family
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INA marching song ‘Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja’ lives on in Tigmanshu Dhulia’s ‘Raag Desh’
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A Danish musician discovered her origins in a briefcase – they led to a holy city in Maharashtra
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Watch: A genius composer, yes, but RD Burman was a great singer too
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Watch: Karsh Kale performs before awed students and gives them a lesson in fusion music
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Watch: This Youtube star’s covers of popular music are a huge hit (and absolutely horrendous)
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When the bhajan ‘Om Jai Jagdish Hare’ inspired a Pakistani love song
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Watch: Called to break up a dance party, policeman takes all the right steps
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Grindmill Songs: Listen to the world’s largest archive of folk songs
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Sahir Ludhianvi’s ‘Woh Subah Kabhi Toh Aayegi’ finds new meaning in ‘Begum Jaan’
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Keeravani in Telugu and MM Kreem in Hindi: tune into the ‘Baahubali’ music composer
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The golden voice of Kashmir’s indie musicians echoes with politics and folklore
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Goa’s Western classical music tradition is witnessing a revival, 500 years after its birth
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The rainbow journey of the song ‘Cucurrucucu Paloma’
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In the land of bhangra, a town is keeping alive Punjab’s lost classical music gharanas
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From iPad to Keytar: A new generation of Carnatic musicians are embracing technology
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Notes on the loss of music in the era of streaming and illegal downloads
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'Hello darkness': It's 50 years since 'The Sound of Silence' stormed the global music charts
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Note by note: The long and undulating history of symphony orchestras in Mumbai
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Rajshekhar Mansur at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
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Sahil Vasudeva at Whistling Woods The Bandra Base
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Easy Wanderlings + Rooshabh Doshi at Tuning Fork
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Symphony Orchestra of India
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The Epiphany of Composing Music + The Susmit Sen Experience
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The beating pulse of indie music in metropolitan Pakistan
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Here's what Usha Uthup will sing as Saint Teresa of Kolkata is canonised (bonus: Bappi Lahiri)
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India’s best music venue has shut down – will it come back different?
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The Ska Vengers interview: ‘When Honey Singh wins best independent act award, it’s troubling’
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Chennai's first springboard for rock musicians is back, but without the head-banging
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Watch (and marvel at) India's champions at the World Whistlers Convention 2016
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A children’s choir taps into genius of AR Rahman and Ilaiyaraaja to create world-class music
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Confessions of a tone-deaf music professor
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[Listen] A cup song version of ‘Piya Tose Naina Lage Re’
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This rickshaw driver is such an ace singer, he got Lata Mangeshkar talking
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The first black arts festival was shaped by Cold War politics
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‘Jugni’ soundtrack piggybacks on the giant shoulders of AR Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj
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What music sounded like in 2015
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Meet Mamata Banerjee, India’s one and only musical CM
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Runa Laila’s favourite song remains the first ghazal she sang
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Video: After taking oath of office, Kejriwal breaks into 'refreshingly goofy' song, again!