hindustani music
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Listen: Slow compositions set to Dadra show the versatility of the taal
Aneesh Pradhan
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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: Latafat Hussein Khan, Khadim Hussein Khan, KG Ginde perform rare varieties of raag Saarang
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Vocal and instrumental renditions of the raag Badhans Saarang
Aneesh Pradhan
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Reliving Gandharva Mahavidyalaya’s glory days with a duet by Narayanrao Vyas, Vinayakrao Patwardhan
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Dhuns set to the Kaharvaa taal come alive in these sitar and shehnai recitals
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: Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Jagdish Prasad and Shobha Gurtu perform thumris set to Kaharvaa taal
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: Rajasthani folk singers present their take on the Kaharvaa taal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: The challenging raag Bilawal comes alive in these two sarod recitals
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Vilayat Khan and Ravi Shankar present their interpretations of raag Bilawal
Aneesh Pradhan
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For Brahmins, by Brahmins: How (and why) Carnatic music became such an elite preoccupation
Kamala Ganesh
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Listen: A classic composition in raag Bilawal – interpreted three ways
Aneesh Pradhan
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Watch: Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha teach the basics of playing sitar and tabla
Aneesh Pradhan
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The immeasurable contribution of Abdul Karim Khan to the Kirana gharana
K D Dixit
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Listen: Renditions of raag Ram Gauri and Kapar Gauri that you’ll rarely hear in concert
Aneesh Pradhan
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How the ghazal lost its rigidity to become a popular expression of love and longing
Ashok Ranade
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A detailed exposition of Lalita Gauri by the inimitable Kesarbai Kerkar
Aneesh Pradhan