music
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How Kerala came to embrace the unfamiliar musical genre of ghazals
Malini Nair
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Watch this candid video of Don McLean and Ed Sheeran rehearsing ‘Vincent’ for their show
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‘Note by Note’: The story of each year of independent India is told through film songs in this book
Sarah Farooqui
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‘Long Way Back Home’: Michael Shannon stars in Jeff Nichols’s music video for Lucero
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'Made For Now': Janet Jackson dances on New York streets in vibrant comeback single
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Watch: Ariana Grande and James Corden re-enact ‘Titanic’ with a medley of pop songs
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Watch: Five songs with which to remember (and R.E.S.P.E.C.T.) the legend of Aretha Franklin
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Watch: A journey through India’s wildlife in under five minutes (with a song by Bollywood musicians)
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Watch: This ukulele-playing robot plays all of your favourite tunes (and infuriates real musicians
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Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock: A simple thing done well is my yardstick for making music
Amit Gurbaxani
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Watch: After Weezer’s cover of Toto’s ‘Africa’ became a smash hit, Toto returns the favour
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Watch: Baba Sehgal responds to the Kiki challenge with a twist. He sings a Hindi cover
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Watch: The internet thinks this Manipuri singer sounds exactly like the legendary Jim Reeves
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Crate digging: Discovery of Somali songs shows why the hunt for records is like cultural archaeology
Michael Shakib Bhatch, The Conversation
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Watch: A Delhi band is inspiring people with a music video to defy expected norms of behaviour
Satvika Kundu
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Meet the American who is adapting Carnatic music (and AR Rahman’s songs) for Western choirs
Vishwas Gaitonde
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This song by hip-hop artiste Raja Kumari with rapper Divine has drawn criticism for being casteist
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This song borrows the tune of ‘Macarena’ to poke fun at the state of roads in Karnataka’s Belgaum
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It was forty-nine years ago (if not quite today): Paul McCartney crosses Abbey Road once again
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With his new record, Prateek Kuhad does what he does best – create melodic, mushy earworms
Akhil Sood