Anna, Bhai and Tai: Memories of a life in melody with Mallikarjun Mansur

Sunita Deshpande

· Sep 08, 2024 · 11:30 am

For tabla players, a singular festival honouring a singular maestro has become a pilgrimage site

Malini Nair

· Jun 29, 2024 · 11:30 am

Listen: How tabla players accompany tappa vocal performances

Aneesh Pradhan

· Jun 22, 2024 · 07:30 am

Listen: The monsoon imagery of jhoola compositions

Aneesh Pradhan

· May 25, 2024 · 08:05 am

Listen: How tabla players accompany songforms that celebrate the monsoon

Aneesh Pradhan

· May 18, 2024 · 08:00 am

With dance, music and humour, a hit play has brought to life the legend of Tansen

Malini Nair

· May 14, 2024 · 11:30 am

By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music

Malini Nair

· Apr 25, 2024 · 03:30 pm

Hindustani stalwart Amarnath’s path to musical glory ran through the carnage of the Partition

Malini Nair

· Apr 10, 2024 · 11:30 am

‘A storm in an ocean’: Hindustani vocalist Kumar Gandharva refused to be bound by orthodoxy

Aditi Deo

· Apr 08, 2024 · 09:34 am

Listen: Renditions of dhamaar by Faiyaz Khan and other maestros

Aneesh Pradhan

· Apr 06, 2024 · 08:15 am

Listen: How the tabla is used to accompany the chaiti folk form

Aneesh Pradhan

· Mar 02, 2024 · 08:15 am

Listen: Two tracks featuring bol banaav thumris set to Jat taal

Aneesh Pradhan

· Jan 13, 2024 · 08:00 am

Listen: How different tabla players colour the rhythmic canvas their own way playing the same taal

Aneesh Pradhan

· Nov 18, 2023 · 08:00 am

Listen: Begum Akhtar and the bonhomie and respect enjoyed by her accompanists

Aneesh Pradhan

· Nov 11, 2023 · 08:00 am

Listen: How tabla players are able to enter into unrehearsed dialogue with featured soloists

Aneesh Pradhan

· Nov 04, 2023 · 08:00 am

Interview: At 91, sarod maestro Rajeev Taranath has not stopped pursuing musical excellence

P Satya

· Oct 17, 2023 · 11:30 am

Listen: Is PR activity in Hindustani music really a new phenomenon?

Aneesh Pradhan

· Aug 05, 2023 · 08:07 am

‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row

Malini Nair

· Jun 07, 2023 · 11:40 am

Why is Punjab, a land of sublime classical music, known only for bhangra?

Malini Nair

· May 06, 2023 · 11:30 am

Kalyan Mukherjea, the master sarod player with a mathematician’s day job, as remembered by a student

Sumana Ramanan

· Feb 19, 2023 · 11:30 am