In Carnatic music, concerts with instrumentalist headliners such as the veena, flute or violin are a small fraction of performances at most music festivals, including the biggest one of them all the ...

The results of Carnatic Thukkada – instrumental and Carnatic Thukkada – vocal in The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest have been released. A total of 654 entries were received under the Krithi and Thukkada ...

While Carnatic music follows a set of ragas which are dedicated to God, Hindustani is more receptive to innovation. At a recent concert, a jugalbandhi of Carnatic and Hindustani, both genres of music ...

CHENNAI: Our ancestors had the vision to set aside Margazhi month to reflect on and progress in our inward journey that will develop and grow our existential intelligence. Margazhi 2024, however, has ...

The occasional pair of shoulders could be seen swaying among the hundreds gathered in the audience, as heads nodded and feet tapped to the rhythm of percussion and vocals of the Indian classical art ...

Carnatic musician Saketharaman will be presenting a concert tomorrow, which will be about advocating egalitarianism through music. Carnatic musician Saketharaman will be presenting a concert tomorrow, ...

The proximity of the annual music festival season provides an occasion for stock-taking. The Carnatic music scene today presents indeed a striking contrast to what was obtaining over three years ago ...

It was watching a neighbour playing the guitar, that attracted jazz/Carnatic guitarist to the instrument, when Prasanna was just a toddler. Ajazz/Carnatic guitarist and composer of repute, R.Prasanna ...

The United States of America and India lie on opposite sides of the globe. When it’s noon here, it’s midnight there. It was not until commercial air travel took off in the 20th century that America ...