Music History
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How Ameen Sayani’s Binaca Geetmala took film songs to listeners in Jhumri Talaiya and beyond
The legendary radio broadcaster’s long-running programme on Radio Ceylon seeped into the lives of its audience, films and jokes while celebrating the ordinary.
Isabel Huacuja Alonso
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50 years of hip-hop: How the music became a global cultural movement
Aspiring hip-hop artists learn from each other and the ethos of ‘each one teach one’ – adapted from an African American proverb – applies across the culture.
Adam de Paor-Evans, The Conversation
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Nineteenth-century US thought blacks can’t sing as well as whites. Elizabeth Greenfield changed that
Greenfield forced critics and audiences to reconcile their ears with their racism.
Adam Gustafson, The Conversation
Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam: The American Pied Piper
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‘The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction’ makes you rethink pre-conceptions about the genre
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How the songs of enslaved Africans in the US were transformed into gospel music
A brief history of the evolution of gospel music.
Robert Stephens, The Conversation
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How a war provided the soundtrack for subversive Afrikaans rock
Rock music against military conscription during 1980s South Africa resonated with wider fault lines in Afrikaner society.
Schalk van der Merwe, The Conversation
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Strings attached: A short history of the Western classical guitar in India
Indian composers haven’t fully exploited the opportunity to write for the guitar.
Kuldeep Barve
Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Ali Ben Sou Alle: Was this 19th century Frenchman the Pied Piper of Mysore?
He may have been director of the Royal Music for the Maharaja of Mysore. Or, he may have invented the story out of thin air.
Paul Wehage
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In French opera ‘Padmavati’, sweetness, dread, and lots of sighing and twirling
Revisited by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 2008 and the source of his upcoming movie, Albert Roussel’s 1923 work devotes much time to dance sequences.
Vignesh Sridharan
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Watch: The mystery of why air horns are used in hip hop is finally solved (or not)
It was one DJ who revolutionised it into a 'global phenomenon' but its roots go deeper.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: The unforgettable revolution of the dogs in ‘White God’
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The harmonium was born in Europe – so how did it become synonymous with Indian music?
The journey of the instrument across continents and centuries.
Vishwas R. Gaitonde
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How courtesans paved the way for women in Indian showbiz
A new book maps the ways women singers changed the music industry.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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After 61 years, Mumbai's own music store Rhythm House says goodbye with this bittersweet video
Vinyl, cassettes, and then CDs – it was the go-to music shop for three generation of Mumbaikars.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Aman clinches quota; Sujeet, Jaideep active in repechage rounds
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IPL 2024: Kolkata defeat Mumbai in rain-affected match to become first team to qualify for play-offs
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Cricket: England pacer James Anderson to retire after Lord’s Test against West Indies
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Nisha Dahiya wins Paris quota in women’s 68kg