classical Music
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Listen: Rajasthani classic ‘Kesariya Baalam’ crosses musical borders with these four varied takes
Aneesh Pradhan
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The story of Dhondiram Ambekar, a tailor, a farmhand – and an award-winning singer
Sanket Jain
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No more a lost art: Researchers have finally figured out what ancient Greek music sounded like
Armand D'Angour, The Conversation
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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: How the folk music of various regions uses 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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Lankadahan Saarang: Listen to Vilayat Hussein Khan and other maestros perform the afternoon raag
Aneesh Pradhan
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Delhi was a cultural wasteland before this man took classical music to its middle classes
Malini Nair
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Listen: Kaharvaa taal gets a twist in performances by Jitendra Abhisheki, Salamat and Nazakati Ali
Aneesh Pradhan
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A young YouTuber is teaching thousands of Indians how to listen to classical music
Archana Nathan
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Listen: A sombre rendition of the usually upbeat Kaharvaa taal, to mirror these sombre times
Aneesh Pradhan
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Photos: Treatises on Hindustani music from Akbar’s reign that shaped music theory for centuries
Katherine Butler Schofield
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Listen: Arvind Mulgaonkar and Aslam Hussain Khan live on through their body of work
Aneesh Pradhan
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Video: How Nokia’s signature ringtone was created from the work of a 19th century Spanish guitarist
Ramakrishnan M
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Today’s Google Doodle honours shehnai master Bismillah Khan on his 102nd birth anniversary
Scroll Staff
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Listen: Four distinct renditions of the compound raag Yamani Bilawal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: The challenging raag Bilawal comes alive in these two sarod recitals
Aneesh Pradhan
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Nagaswaram: The instrument that took temple music to its pinnacle is now dying out – in temples
Vinita Govindarajan
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Listen: A classic composition in raag Bilawal – interpreted three ways
Aneesh Pradhan