sunday sounds
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Bob Dylan tunes like you've never heard them – in Hindi and Bengali
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The final cut: Songs that never say goodbye
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The unsung instrumentalists: A tribute to the men behind the intoxicating sounds of Indian pop
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An Indo-jazz quartet: Four new albums for South Asian souls
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The playlist of random goodness
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A different ghazal: The musical duo that brought the sounds of Persia and India together again
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'I don’t drink soda': What Pakistani neo-Sufi musician Arooj Aftab said about Coke Studio
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Tune in to some truly spectacular global gypsy music – with India in its soul
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Greece fell in love with Nargis and Madhubala in the 1950s – and is still singing songs of love
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Ik kudi: Four stunning versions of Punjabi poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi's most popular work
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Harry Manx weds the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas
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Listen to jazz artist John Handy's collaborations with India's classical music greats
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Float through Sunday with these seven songs from across the world inspired by 'Dum Maro Dum'
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Interview: Meet the Lahore lawyer, philosopher and activist who also invented a musical instrument
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Six lesser-known spiritual songs of George Harrison, the Hindu Beatle
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Interview: Sunny Jain, the Bhangra King of desi jazz
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The Sachal Ensemble's 'Song of Lahore' is bustling with the greatest Punjabi virtue of all – joy
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Mustt mustt: From Turkey to the US, seven international tributes to the legacy of Dam Mast Qalandar
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A rough guide to Protest Music in South Asia
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'I am South Asian-American, Pakistani-Indian': Sophia Pandeya speaks on her poetry of love and loss
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Love six ways: Songs that explore this basic human emotion from different angles
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Ragams and rock: Stunning sounds from the South
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Six desi classics from the '1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die' (includes Bappi Lahiri)
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The sounds of Spring: A spirit of youth in every thing
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Masters of rubab: The thrilling sounds of Afghanistan
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Tina Sani: A bewitching voice that transports across time and space
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A rare gem from Pakistan: A lifetime on tiptoes
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Hippie Hindustan and Funky Pakistan: The beat group scene in the 1960s and ’70s
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Listen to Zia Mohyeddin, Pakistan’s grand man of stage and screen, recite Faiz and Manto
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Eclectic sounds of the subcontinent
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Tabla for Two: From Kabul to Washington with the audacity and chutzpah of a jazz trio
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Hamid Ali Bela, the voice of Shah Hussain's pathos and yearning
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'I feel there is a void for reality in music': Ras Ceylon, Sri Lankan American hip-hop activist
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Canada calling: Some musical gems from the Indian diaspora
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In another land: The desi sounds of South Asia
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A trio of sitar meditations to slide gently into 2016
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The Bombay Playlist: Songs by international bands inspired by the Maximum City
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The sweet sounds of Sindhi collective consciousness: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's mighty verses
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Tippler on the roof: Ghazals, reggae and punk classics to get drunk to
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Continental drift: The exciting sounds of India meeting Africa
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Music and the monument: Songs inspired by the Taj Mahal
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Remembering M Ashraf, the original remix artist who shaped Pakistan's post-Independence sound
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A 'Bihari' music playlist that throws up as many surprises as the election result
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Music to make you smile: A playlist that skips off the beaten track
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Saxy Desi: Check out the sounds of the saxophone in South Asia
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Musical memories of 1970s Mussoorie: Santana, The Beatles and The Ventures
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The conscience keepers: Poetry of Sahitya Akademi protesters
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These Indian covers of Norwegian Wood sound as distinctive today as the Beatles first 'sitar song'
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Music from down south: The diverse sounds and distinctive beats of Sri Lanka
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Badal Roy, the busboy discovered by John McLaughlin, hated the music he made with Miles Davis
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Classical meets contemporary: The sitar gets funky
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Joe Harriott, the neglected Jamaican genius who hit it off with India’s finest jazz exports
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Dream journey: Fresh traditional qawwalis from Qawwal Gali in Karachi
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Five musical tales of Lord Krishna from around the world
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Musical Maldives: The wonderful sounds of reggae, jazz and pop from the atolls
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From Shillong to Delhi via Kolkata, India's got the blues (even a KL Saigal version)
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Yatra-e-reggae: The 20th century sounds of Jamaica are at last finding a home in South Asia
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Listen: A clutch of talented girls are adding sparkle to South Asia's rock and roll scene
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The Sounds of Surinam: When Bhojpuri creole meets Carribbean beats
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Munni Begum, the Bengali refugee who won over Pakistan with her Urdu ghazals
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Five psychedelic sitar classics by Ananda Shankar
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Five Pakistani-Christian singers who were the mainstay of Lollywood's golden years
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Tagore like you've never heard him: The Bard's songs from Iceland, Britain and beyond
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Five unlikely qawwali parties rock the music world
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Remembering Mehdi Hassan, the classically trained ghazal maestro
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Meet PC, the mysterious Norwegian behind the popular Bollywood music blog, MFTF
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Meet Prasanna, the guitarist AR Rahman calls ‘a living hope for quality music’
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Across the Universe: Beatles songs about their disastrous trip to Rishikesh in 1968
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Awara Hoon from Turkey to Toronto: five versions of the classic Raj Kapoor song
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Discovering the musical phenomenon that is Asrar
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After a week of terrible events, some music from Nepal in honour of its proud and gentle people
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From Kargil and Gilgit: The delightful cross-border world of Balti music
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Five videos show why Alam Lohar remains one of Punjab’s iconic folk cultural heroes
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Asha Bhosle: Captivating the world (and unlikely collaborators) with her voice
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Between hair salons and Coke Studio, Pakistani singer Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi conquers all
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Meet the creator of fusion music – John Mayer, the Anglo-Indian from Calcutta
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Kahat Kabir: Five musicians inspired by the mystical poet philosopher's simple lyrics
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Tom Alter’s 10 favourite Hindi film songs, from the top of his head and the bottom of his heart
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The very improbable tale of a death metal guitarist from Los Angeles and a sarangi nawaz from Lahore
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Discover the fabulous street singers of the Indian subcontinent
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Five songs that take their inspiration from South Asian spiritualism
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As India take on Pakistan, the best cricket songs you've never heard
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Brinjals, beaches and Bhojpuri: Sway to Indian-influenced sega music from Mauritius
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Introducing Maxie Columbus, the South Asian guitar hero from sunny Fiji
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A quick survey of satirical Bollywood sounds, from Yaadgaar to Jolly LLB
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How the West came to love Indian film music
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Bombay Royale: The sounds of Bollywood from Down Under
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Usha Uthup's 'Teri Meri Christmas' and other festive tunes
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A tribute to the magical music of Sindh
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Ahmad's blues: Afghanistan’s first and greatest pop star
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A musical journey down the Grand Trunk Road
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How a heretical stream of South Asian Islam inspired some of the greatest music in America
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Five Pakistani bands you need to listen to
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The fabulously funky journey of Kutchi brothers Kalyanji and Anandji
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Five unlikely qawwali parties rock the music world
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The sweet sound of South Asians storming the jazz world
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Six desi musicians who deserve to be known at home
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The intriguing sound of Country and Eastern music from Bollywood and beyond
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Five artists who create compelling music out of headline news
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Five US pop songs about gurus, tigers and other Indian stereotypes