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Nate Rabe
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The Art of Solitude: The blues of ‘Champion’ Jack Dupree, filled with guffaws and chuckles
Memories of discovering the New Orleans legend during a period of isolation in North Waziristan.
Nate Rabe
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A camp Bappi Lahiri song is inspiring musicians from Italy to France
The music composer has happily lifted ‘samples’ for decades. Now his song ‘Come Closer’ for a 1984 film is being sampled by others.
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The Bengali homemaker whose ‘Disco Jazz’ album has become a ‘holy grail’ after 40 years of anonymity
Rupa Biswas once seemed destined for fame and a career in pop, but Nazia Hassan’s ‘Disco Deewane’ got in the way.
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Trending
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Egypt says it won’t release Ever Given with 25-member Indian crew until its owners pay compensation
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Breaking the internet: Reactions to Rahul Dravid’s ‘angry’ avatar in viral advertisement
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Sarah Joseph’s new novel imagines the life of the woman who was ostracised for ‘marrying’ Nehru
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‘If you travel for an election rally, corona can do nothing’: Comic Shyam Rangeela on covid travel
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Watch: Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital turns lobby into Covid-19 ward as coronavirus cases shoot up
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Severed limbs and rivers of blood: The film that inspired Fawad Khan’s ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’
The 1979 Pakistani classic stars Sultan Rahi and his glistening axe on a quest for honour and revenge.
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I was raised in a missionary family but only have disgust and anger for Chau’s actions in Andamans
Behind the American’s smiling face lies the same sort of philosophy that motivates Islamic State beheaders in Syria and RSS mosque demolishers in Ayodhya.
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Patna-born Gary Boyle is the greatest guitarist you’ve never heard of
He played with Jimi Hendrix, opened for the Rolling Stones, and hung out with The Beatles. His story is one of the most unlikely of rock and roll tales.
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Video
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Watch: Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital turns lobby into Covid-19 ward as coronavirus cases shoot up
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‘If you travel for an election rally, corona can do nothing’: Comic Shyam Rangeela on covid travel
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Watch: ‘Rasputin’ dance challenge inspires Kerala government’s vaccination drive video
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Watch: Disabled baby alpaca walks again, thanks to its new ‘wheels’
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Watch: Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ in Egypt
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Sound of Lollywood: ‘Ay Bhai Ay Mister!’ is the highlight of a virtuoso soundtrack
The track is from the 1978 hit ‘Seeta Maryam Margaret’, starring the Pakistani star Rani. and scored by A Hameed.
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Sound of Lollywood: There are movies with lots of songs, and then there is ‘Ishq-e-Laila’
Iqbal Bano sings one of the best tunes in a superb soundtrack by Safdar Hussain.
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Sound of Lollywood: The one song in ‘Black Mail’ that is worth the price of admission
It is called ‘Don’t Drink Darling’ (naturally).
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The Reel
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Three reasons why South Korean film ‘Night in Paradise’ is ripe for an Indian remake
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In ‘Jalsaghar’, a stubborn landlord, a chandelier with its own story, and haunting musical soirees
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‘His Storyy’ trailer: After ‘The Married Woman’, ALTBalaji looks at men in love in new web series
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Watch: Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn in awareness film about animal testing
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‘The Innocent’ trailer: ‘The Invisible Guest’ creator is back with a new thriller
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Sound of Lollywood: To French hit ‘Ne me quitte pas’ with love and the same regret
Jacques Brel’s 1959 pop hit gets repurposed for the Pakistani movie ‘Amber’ from 1978.
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Sound of Lollywood: Comedy ‘Uff Yeh Beevian’ has one redeeming feature, and it’s a song
‘Zinda Rahein to Kiski Khatir’ has been composed by the prolific M Ashraf.
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Sound of Lollywood: A touch of warm Bengali folk music in ‘Aakhri Station’
Suroor Barabankvi’s movie, set in East Pakistan, is an underrated labour of love.
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The Field
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IPL 2021: Kolkata ride on Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi’s partnership to beat SRH by 10 runs
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An important part of the season has arrived for me: Rafa Nadal looks forward to clay return
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IPL 2021, SRH vs KKR as it happened: Bairstow, Pandey’s fifties in vain as Sunrisers fall short
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Wrestling: Sandeep, Sumit, Satyawart miss out on Olympic quotas at Asian qualifying event
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IPL 2021: Archer’s absence is a big blow but we’re confident of RR’s young pacers, says Sangakkara