Music
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How Bachata, the music of poor, Black Dominicans became a global sensation
Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, The Conversation
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Harmony and hardships: A new book explores the struggles of today’s Hindustani musicians
Malini Nair
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Resistance, rhythm and freedom: The jazz drummer who beat the odds in apartheid South Africa
Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
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‘Connecting with myself’: How Sanjay Divecha worked up the courage to make a solo guitar album
Sanjay Divecha
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How a sixth-generation sarangi maestro honours his family’s centuries-old legacy
Malini Nair
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Morabo Morojele: The social and political drum beats of the Lesotho jazz musician
Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
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Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
Malini Nair
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‘When Will We Meet?’: Tarun Balani on his desire to tell the stories of the Sindhi diaspora in sound
Tarun Balani
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Listen: How tabla players accompany Kathak dancers in Dhamar taal and Jhaptaal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Why has a genre of music that evokes images of despair and destruction become a popular sleep aid?
Zakir Kibria
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When a young India was struggling to define modern theatre, it found inspiration in its folk culture
Malini Nair
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Amadou Bagayoko: The blind musician who infused traditional Malian music with upbeat notes – and joy
Lucy Durán, The Conversation
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Afghan musicians fear jail, violence or worse as Pakistan issues deportation ultimatum
Zofeen T Ebrahim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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In a new book, violinist L Subramaniam looks at how Carnatic music developed over the centuries
L Subramaniam Viji Subramaniam
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Listen: How tabla players accompany Kathak dancers
Aneesh Pradhan
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With silence as his ally, mridangam stalwart K Arun Prakash is rewriting the rules of drumming
Malini Nair
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Hindi memoir: An excerpt from ‘Chandan Kiwad’, by musician Malini Awasthi
Malini Awasthi
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Seven centuries on, Delhi is still resounding with the legacy of Amir Khusrau
Malini Nair
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How the virtuosic musical interpreter Roberta Flack killed us softly with her song
Leigh Carriage, The Conversation
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After 90 years, Agra gharana has moved out of its home in Mumbai
Malini Nair