music
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How Zakir Hussain helped bridge the North-South divide in Indian classical music
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After ridiculing him all his life, the Carnatic music world is celebrating MD Ramanathan
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Why generations of Carnatic artistes see RK Shriramkumar’s violin as an indispensable ally on stage
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For tabla players, a singular festival honouring a singular maestro has become a pilgrimage site
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One man’s lifelong quest to collect, preserve and promote the folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
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With dance, music and humour, a hit play has brought to life the legend of Tansen
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Hindustani stalwart Amarnath’s path to musical glory ran through the carnage of the Partition
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A British woman fused Hindustani and Western music in the 18th century – with the help of courtesans
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In the strains of dhrupad music, Raja Rammohun Roy found a catalyst for social change
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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain gets three Grammy awards, one with Shakti group
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The incredible rise of Ramana Balachandhran from veena prodigy to Carnatic star
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In Habib Tanvir’s plays, folk music always had the starring role
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To understand Indian art, BN Goswamy often turned to Indian music
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A daughter is reviving the memory of an Andhra music trailblazer who was overlooked by history
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In Diwan Singh, an unsung instrument of Indian classical music found an unsung champion
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Before Indian classical music loses its diversity, an online project is rushing to archive it
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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Why is Punjab, a land of sublime classical music, known only for bhangra?
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In Kumar Gandharva’s bandishes, hear the music of the common man
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A strain of music that has flourished in India for centuries is being silenced by communalism
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The secret ingredient to Bollywood’s funny songs was a unique drum played by a distinctive man
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Three generations of the brightest Carnatic violinists have trained under this one legend
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The world of Rajasthani folk music is shrinking – despite its global fame and success
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Allah and Krishna came together in the songs of this long-forgotten Awadhi singer
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Meet the Hindustani violinist who has spawned a rare all-women classical musical lineage
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Nearly every Carnatic music star today owes a debt of thanks to this youth group in Chennai
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What makes Venkatesh Kumar a rock star among Hindustani vocalists? A documentary has some answers
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Neither embraced at concerts nor at weddings, the shehnai is fighting for survival
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In Meerut, one man is on a quest to recreate the magic of a legendary sarangi maker
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Why attempts to revive traditional Sikh instruments at gurdwaras have failed for 90 years
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Dhrupad has been evicted from Dilli
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Why world music owes an immense debt to Ravi Shankar’s Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra
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An Ambedkarite is interweaving Buddha’s teachings with dhrupad in a leap of artistic faith
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Is thumri louche or evolved? 100 years on, a debate around the classical form still rages
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How a music form inspired by the songs of camel drivers of Punjab-Sindh became popular in Bengal
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What happens when a classical musician gets off the concert stage to perform at a site of activism?
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Long unsung and marginalised, Indian women percussionists are finally making themselves heard
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Meet the women who have made the cello an ‘Indian instrument’
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After an unbroken run of 87 years, India’s oldest classical music magazine is facing a bleak future
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Why khayal, with all its majesty, is content to sing of saas-bahu strife
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For seven decades, Prabha Atre has been questioning her stellar musical legacy while upholding it
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The tumult in Afghanistan threatens to silence the musical legacy that gave India so much
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For half a century, a beloved radio show has been demystifying classical music for Indians
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Why is ‘The Disciple’ being likened to ‘Pather Panchali’ – and not in a good way?
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While touring the US, Ravi Shankar left a gentle footprint on jazz
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When Vanraj Bhatia asked me to mail his opera DVD and resume to the world’s major opera houses
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How the legendary musician Astor Piazzolla put a touch of Bach into tango
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How classical music set the stage for jazz in Chick Corea’s life
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For India’s indie musicians, coronavirus pandemic has been a blessing in disguise
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In web series ‘The Socho Project’, budding musicians and 25 original songs
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Sounds of Bangladesh: The soundtrack ‘Extraction’ could have had instead of Bollywood songs
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‘Anything but the usual music’: Anurag Saikia on his tunes for ‘Panchayat’ and love for borgeet
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In these divisive times, Sarathy Korwar delivers a message on migration with musical ferocity
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A camp Bappi Lahiri song is inspiring musicians from Italy to France
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Soulmate: The band that has done more for the blues in India than anyone else
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How the Maharaja of Mysore ended up fulfilling the last wish of composer Richard Strauss
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Remembering the Indian violin virtuoso who drew praise even from Yehudi Menuhin
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Peter Cat Recording Co. talk about their new album – and that video with Modi’s note ban speech
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Playlist picks: ‘Leila’ and ‘Sacred Games’ composer Alokananda Dasgupta lists her influences
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In Kolkata, the inheritor of the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana is trying to keep its legacy alive
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Why a ‘flag-bearer’ of Kishori Amonkar and Alladiya Khan’s gharana isn’t often seen at big concerts
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‘Jazz Meets India’: The 1960s album that put musicians from the East and West on an equal footing
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The Bengali homemaker whose ‘Disco Jazz’ album has become a ‘holy grail’ after 40 years of anonymity
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The legend of Baiju Bawra: Was there ever a musician who could melt marble with his singular voice?
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How a 50-year-old Nepali song about cats and dogs spread to India and other parts of the world
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Chennai teen pianist Lydian Nadhaswaram wins $1-million prize on US show
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‘Gully Boy’ and more: Why 2019 is proving to be another watershed year for musician Karsh Kale
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After hearing the stories of Michael Jackson’s sexual abuse victims, can we listen to his music?
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What made Kishori Amonkar’s music sublime, complex and radical? Her foremost disciple explains
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Plastic Parvati: The award-winning musician who is writing songs on mental health and sexuality
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Fading sounds: An Indian musical instrument with a rich history is on the cusp of extinction
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The release of ‘Gully Boy’ is a bittersweet moment for a stalwart of India’s hip-hop movement
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Historic Grammy wins for Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ and Cardi B; Lady Gaga gets 3 awards
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Beyond Divine and Naezy: Meet the real Gully Boys who helped shape Mumbai’s hip-hop scene
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A young Bengali is melding folk music and Rabindra Sangeet with the double bass to create new sounds
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How Padma Bhushan Budhaditya Mukherjee became a defining sitariya of the post-independence era
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Song check: Pritam is back from his sabbatical with dance track ‘Biba’
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In his album ‘Jaago’, Lifafa mixes a black-and-white world with technicolour electronic soundscapes
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Watch: Virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma treats Mumbai strollers to an impromptu gig on Marine Drive
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At these jam sessions in Chennai, it’s the audience that takes centre stage
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Why Farrokh Chothia finds more joy in his portraits of jazz legends than in his fashion photography
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Why 2018 was a breakthrough year for the Latin jazz pianist Pradyumna Singh Manot
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Patna-born Gary Boyle is the greatest guitarist you’ve never heard of
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Babloo Babylon: The rising underground musician from Jhumri Telaiya whose identity nobody knows
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How the Indian folk-fusion band Swarathma got their mojo back after a tough six years
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The story of Harihar Rao, the Ravi Shankar protégé who helped popularise Indian music in the West
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Bryan Adams is visiting India for the fifth time because ‘Summer of 69’ is almost a Hindi song now
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A retired electrician in a Maharashtra village is fighting casteism, one bhajan at a time
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In Shillong, hip-hop artists are singing tales of poverty, unemployment and a fading language
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India’s most exciting music label doesn’t want to produce hits – and that’s a good thing
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How Kerala came to embrace the unfamiliar musical genre of ghazals
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Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock: A simple thing done well is my yardstick for making music
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Meet the American who is adapting Carnatic music (and AR Rahman’s songs) for Western choirs
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With his new record, Prateek Kuhad does what he does best – create melodic, mushy earworms
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Music migrants: These nomads have been roaming India for decades in search of broken harmoniums
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A YouTube-taught Indian guitarist is topping the charts and winning fans (including Katrina Kaif)
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A Canadian-Punjabi singer is changing stereotypes about South Asian men with songs about heartbreak
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Blending Indian and Estonian music and myth, a Delhi-based ensemble creates a unique sound
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Louiz Banks: The jazz veteran on his musical journey, RD Burman and playing with Dizzy Gillespie