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Hindustani Music
Listen: Two different tabla approaches to accompanying sarangi maestro Ram Narayan
Aneesh Pradhan
· Yesterday · 07:30 am
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· Nov 08, 2024 · 03:30 pm
Listen: How sensitive tabla players determine how to enter the musical conversation with a soloist
Aneesh Pradhan
· Nov 02, 2024 · 07:30 am
What does it mean to sing Hindustani music while Hindutva attempts to co-opt the tradition?
Balamohan Shingade
· Oct 22, 2024 · 09:00 am
Traversing through time and seasons with Rashid Khan’s rendition of the Gaud Malhar raga
Amit Chaudhuri
· Sep 29, 2024 · 07:30 am
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
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