Soulmate: The band that has done more for the blues in India than anyone else

Rudy Wallang and Tipriti Kharbangar have hit unparalleled highs by unapologetically playing a music genre that cynics thought would never work in India.

K Mark Swer

· Yesterday · 11:30 am

Listen: Explore the Naathdwara style of pakhawaj playing, with roots in Jaipur

The style developed in the Vaishnav temple of Naathdwara.

Aneesh Pradhan

· Aug 17, 2019 · 08:15 am

The $2.8mn penalty on Katy Perry for copyright infringement strikes a bad note for music industry

The case lowers the threshold for copyright infringement by protecting unoriginal musical elements that should be freely available for anyone to use.

Hayleigh Bosher, The Conversation

· Aug 13, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Watch: Alia Bhatt is the talking point of ‘Prada’, a new song from ‘Lamberghini’ makers The Doorbeen

The video features the ‘Highway’ and ‘Raazi’ actress dancing alongside the Punjabi popstars.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 13, 2019 · 04:42 pm

Super sounds of Tarantino: ‘Kill Bill Volume 1’ breaks (and makes) the rules of movie soundtracks

Why Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill: Volume 1’ (2003) has the best soundtrack among all his movies.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Aug 13, 2019 · 08:00 am

Listen: Pakhawaj players of the Nana Saheb Panse gharana, with roots in the Indore court

Featuring Govindrao Burhanpurkar and Arjun Shejwal.

Aneesh Pradhan

· Aug 10, 2019 · 08:00 am

Punjabi singer Sunanda Sharma has conquered YouTube but ‘the live audience is the one to win over’

The ‘Jaan Teri Naa’ hitmaker on her quick rise in the Punjabi music industry and her foray into Bollywood.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Aug 08, 2019 · 10:00 am

A spiritual leader and classical artists make music in documentary ‘Sangeet Saroop Satgur’

Taranjiet Singh Namdhari’s film pays tribute to the musical legacy of community leader Satguru Jagjit Singh.

Archana Nathan

· Aug 03, 2019 · 10:30 am

Listen: Exploring the rich tradition of pakhawaj solo playing

A new series on the various gharanas in which percussion instrument is performed.

Aneesh Pradhan

· Aug 03, 2019 · 07:00 am

‘Khandaani Shafakhana’: Rochak Kohli is the star of the soundtrack

Tanishk Bagchi shows up with his recreations, but Rochak Kohli’s original tunes stand out.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jul 31, 2019 · 12:00 pm

How the Maharaja of Mysore ended up fulfilling the last wish of composer Richard Strauss

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar made valuable but uncelebrated contributions to Western classical music, including paying for the premiere of ‘Four Last Songs’.

Nikhil Sardana

· Jul 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

Listen: Mogubai Kurdikar, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Siddheshwari Devi sing bhakti poetry

Devotional song-texts have been an important part of the repertoire of Hindustani vocalists.

Aneesh Pradhan

· Jul 27, 2019 · 07:00 am