Watch: Mumbai Police band’s Khaki Studio is back, this time with ‘Mere Sapno ki Rani’

The Khaki Studio has played a variety of songs previously, ranging from ‘Bella Ciao’ to ‘Jai Ho’.

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· Yesterday · 02:25 pm

Listen: ‘Cold Heart’, Elton John’s old hit in a new collaboration with Dua Lipa, is No 1 in the UK

Elton John had last topped the music charts in 2005.

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· Oct 17, 2021 · 05:57 pm

Why the Rolling Stones are right not to perform the song ‘Brown Sugar’ on their upcoming tour

The lyrics of the song explore the sexual exploitation of a Black woman by slave owners in America, presenting a sexualised view of a marginalised group.

Timothy McKenry, The Conversation

· Oct 16, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Listen: When Tarabai Shirodkar and other musicians performed at World War I relief fund events

One event in Bombay included Putlibai, Saraswatibai Welinker and Shantabai Manjrekar.

Aneesh Pradhan

· Oct 16, 2021 · 07:30 am

Watch: Adele’s new music video ‘Easy on Me’ premieres six years after her last album

‘It was my ride or die throughout the most turbulent period of my life,’ Adele said in a statement about her forthcoming album ‘30’.

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· Oct 15, 2021 · 10:53 am

Soul music: When Hindi film songs send a prayer to the Almighty

Whatever the faith or the situation, there is a song for it.

Rineeta Naik

· Oct 13, 2021 · 10:30 am

Miles Davis was never forgiven by a section of the jazz community. Yet his reputation has grown

Fascinated by rock, funk and soul, he added electric guitars, pianos and keyboards to his music.

Björn Heile, The Conversation

· Oct 12, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Interview: Composer Rolf Arvind Gupta on finding inspiration in Vedic texts and miraculous places

The Norwegian musician’s oratorio ‘Jordens sang’ recently opened the Ultima festival in Oslo.

Astri Ghosh

· Oct 10, 2021 · 11:30 am

Why khayal, with all its majesty, is content to sing of saas-bahu strife

To the outsider, the words may seem banal. But to the khayaliya, the poetics are not for literary flash – they are pegs to pin the sweep of the raga’s canvas.

Malini Nair

· Oct 09, 2021 · 11:30 am

Watch: ‘Daechwita’, a solo rap song by Suga of K-pop band BTS, crosses 300 million views on YouTube

BTS marches on.

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· Oct 09, 2021 · 10:23 am

How we completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony

Two centuries after the musician’s death, his work is set to be released on October 9 – thanks to AI and a team of experts.

Ahmed Elgammal, The Conversation

· Oct 05, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Why it ain’t love if you ain’t dead in the Hindi film song

‘Barbaadiyan’ from Shiddat is only the latest song to advocate self-annihilation as the purest state of love.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Oct 05, 2021 · 05:04 pm