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hindustani music
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
Interview: At 91, sarod maestro Rajeev Taranath has not stopped pursuing musical excellence
P Satya
· Oct 17, 2023 · 11:30 am
Listen: Is PR activity in Hindustani music really a new phenomenon?
Aneesh Pradhan
· Aug 05, 2023 · 08:07 am
‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
Malini Nair
· Jun 07, 2023 · 11:40 am
Why is Punjab, a land of sublime classical music, known only for bhangra?
Malini Nair
· May 06, 2023 · 11:30 am
Kalyan Mukherjea, the master sarod player with a mathematician’s day job, as remembered by a student
Sumana Ramanan
· Feb 19, 2023 · 11:30 am
Listen: Songs from the film ‘Nagad Narayan’ composed by Hindustani violinist Shridhar Parsekar
Aneesh Pradhan
· Nov 19, 2022 · 07:30 am
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