Hindustani Music
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Why a ‘flag-bearer’ of Kishori Amonkar and Alladiya Khan’s gharana isn’t often seen at big concerts
Nikhil Inamdar
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Listen: Marathi theatre songs take melodic excursions into bandhi thumri form
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Bal Gandharva sings Marathi natya geet based on a Hindustani dadra
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: This composition in Kirwani shows how Hindustani music enriched Marathi theatre
Aneesh Pradhan
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The legend of Baiju Bawra: Was there ever a musician who could melt marble with his singular voice?
Malini Nair
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Listen: Kabul’s Alladino Khan sings raags Bhairavi and Megh
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Narayan Bodas, Bhimsen Joshi demonstrate how expansive Ektaal is
Aneesh Pradhan
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What made Kishori Amonkar’s music sublime, complex and radical? Her foremost disciple explains
Nikhil Inamdar
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Listen: These five vocal compositions are set to the versatile Jhaptaal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Explore Chautaal through these performances by Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Abhay Narayan Mallick
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Classical or semi-classical? These thumris show categorising musical genres lacks logic
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Compositions in sargam geet – a music form used to teach the grammar of raags to beginners
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: A poem and qawwali celebrate Diwali – but classical compositions about the festival are rare
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Rajasthani classic ‘Kesariya Baalam’ crosses musical borders with these four varied takes
Aneesh Pradhan
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‘Hot Hindustanis Here’: When Indian classical music and jazz came together for a radical experiment
Anu Kumar
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Listen: Slow compositions set to Dadra show the versatility of the taal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Maestros add colour to the Dadra taal through creative variations
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Begum Akhtar sway you to the rhythms of Dadra taal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Latafat Hussein Khan, Khadim Hussein Khan, KG Ginde perform rare varieties of raag Saarang
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Vocal and instrumental renditions of the raag Badhans Saarang
Aneesh Pradhan