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Classical Music

In Kolkata, the inheritor of the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana is trying to keep its legacy alive

Arnab Chakrabarty
· May 22, 2019 · 11:30 am
Why a ‘flag-bearer’ of Kishori Amonkar and Alladiya Khan’s gharana isn’t often seen at big concerts

Nikhil Inamdar
· May 16, 2019 · 11:30 am
Listen: Bal Gandharva sings Marathi natya geet based on Hindustani dadra

Aneesh Pradhan
· May 04, 2019 · 10:30 am
Listen: Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Narayan Bodas, Bhimsen Joshi demonstrate how expansive Ektaal is

Aneesh Pradhan
· Mar 02, 2019 · 04:44 pm
What made Kishori Amonkar’s music sublime, complex and radical? Her foremost disciple explains

Nikhil Inamdar
· Feb 25, 2019 · 11:30 am
Listen: Explore Chautaal through these performances by Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Abhay Narayan Mallick

Aneesh Pradhan
· Dec 08, 2018 · 06:00 am
Listen: A poem and qawwali celebrate Diwali – but classical compositions about the festival are rare

Aneesh Pradhan
· Nov 10, 2018 · 06:00 am
The story of Harihar Rao, the Ravi Shankar protégé who helped popularise Indian music in the West

Anu Kumar
· Oct 30, 2018 · 11:30 am
Readers’ comments: ‘Lawsuits and intimidation should not deter the #MeToo movement’

Scroll
· Oct 28, 2018 · 10:30 pm
Gandhi Requiem: The link between a musical masterpiece and the death of the Mahatma

Luis Dias
· Oct 23, 2018 · 11:30 am
Listen: The Rupak taal scales new heights in these thumri and Kathak performances

Aneesh Pradhan
· Oct 20, 2018 · 06:00 am
Watch: Flight delayed? Orchestra breaks into impromptu concert to delight fellow passengers

Scroll Staff
· Oct 01, 2018 · 05:00 pm
Listen: Rajasthani classic ‘Kesariya Baalam’ crosses musical borders with these four varied takes

Aneesh Pradhan
· Sep 15, 2018 · 07:00 am
The story of Dhondiram Ambekar, a tailor, a farmhand – and an award-winning singer

Sanket Jain
· Sep 04, 2018 · 11:30 am
No more a lost art: Researchers have finally figured out what ancient Greek music sounded like

Armand D'Angour, The Conversation
· Aug 02, 2018 · 11:30 pm
Listen: Maestros add colour to the Dadra taal through creative variations

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jul 28, 2018 · 06:00 am
Listen as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Begum Akhtar sway you to the rhythms of Dadra taal

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jul 21, 2018 · 05:42 pm
Listen: How the folk music of various regions uses Dadra taal

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jul 14, 2018 · 12:30 pm
Listen: Latafat Hussein Khan, Khadim Hussein Khan, KG Ginde perform rare varieties of raag Saarang

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jul 07, 2018 · 07:00 am
Lankadahan Saarang: Listen to Vilayat Hussein Khan and other maestros perform the afternoon raag

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jun 23, 2018 · 06:00 am