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World music

  • Why world music owes an immense debt to Ravi Shankar’s Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra

    Why world music owes an immense debt to Ravi Shankar’s Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra

    Malini Nair
    · May 11, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • Music beyond language: Can a song be truly loved without understanding the lyrics?

    Music beyond language: Can a song be truly loved without understanding the lyrics?

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Nov 18, 2020 · 10:30 am
  • Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66: What Zimbabwe’s man with the talking guitar tried to teach through song

    Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66: What Zimbabwe’s man with the talking guitar tried to teach through song

    Willie Chinyamurindi, The Conversation
    · Jan 25, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Meet BTS, the biggest boy band on the planet

    Meet BTS, the biggest boy band on the planet

    Stephanie Dennison, The Conversation Stefania Pozzi, The Conversation
    · Oct 17, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • It’s time we stop using the term ‘world music’ for all that doesn’t come from the West

    It’s time we stop using the term ‘world music’ for all that doesn’t come from the West

    Adam de Paor-Evans, The Conversation
    · Jul 26, 2018 · 08:30 pm
  • Watch: It’s the turn of a Chinese man to set the internet on fire with a version of ‘Awaara Hoon’

    Watch: It’s the turn of a Chinese man to set the internet on fire with a version of ‘Awaara Hoon’

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 27, 2018 · 10:00 am
  • Ananda Shankar’s enduring genius: ‘A musician of the world before the term world music was invented’

    Ananda Shankar’s enduring genius: ‘A musician of the world before the term world music was invented’

    Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
    · Dec 11, 2017 · 08:15 am
  • A group of American musicians is introducing New York to the ethereal delights of Sufi music

    A group of American musicians is introducing New York to the ethereal delights of Sufi music

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Sep 11, 2017 · 03:30 pm
  • Watch: Shri Sriram fuses Indian classical music with Yorkshire brass in a prize-winning performance

    Watch: Shri Sriram fuses Indian classical music with Yorkshire brass in a prize-winning performance

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 17, 2016 · 06:00 pm
  • Video: A Mumbai couple brought 45 children from around the world together for a Michael Jackson song

    Video: A Mumbai couple brought 45 children from around the world together for a Michael Jackson song

    Aakash Karkare
    · Sep 01, 2016 · 03:00 pm