Why a ‘flag-bearer’ of Kishori Amonkar and Alladiya Khan’s gharana isn’t often seen at big concerts

Despite her abundant talent, Manjiri Asanare Kelkar is not greatly enticed by popularity or fame.

Nikhil Inamdar

· May 16, 2019 · 11:30 am

‘Jazz Meets India’: The 1960s album that put musicians from the East and West on an equal footing

Featuring three Indians and three Europeans, the album represented a search for a new kind of world music.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

The Bengali homemaker whose ‘Disco Jazz’ album has become a ‘holy grail’ after 40 years of anonymity

Rupa Biswas once seemed destined for fame and a career in pop, but Nazia Hassan’s ‘Disco Deewane’ got in the way.

Nate Rabe

· Apr 23, 2019 · 11:30 am

The legend of Baiju Bawra: Was there ever a musician who could melt marble with his singular voice?

There’s more to the mystery than what was immortalised on screen.

Malini Nair

· Apr 15, 2019 · 11:30 am

How a 50-year-old Nepali song about cats and dogs spread to India and other parts of the world

‘Resham Firiri’ is an incongruous mesh of absurd expressions and non-sequiturs. Why is it then so popular around the globe?

Anuradha Sharma

· Apr 09, 2019 · 11:30 am

Chennai teen pianist Lydian Nadhaswaram wins $1-million prize on US show

The 13-year-old studies at the KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, which was founded and is run by Oscar winning music director AR Rahman.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 15, 2019 · 09:36 pm

‘Gully Boy’ and more: Why 2019 is proving to be another watershed year for musician Karsh Kale

The musician who was a defining figure of Asian Underground is back after a hiatus of three years – and he wants to break ‘free from the traps of the past’.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Mar 14, 2019 · 11:30 am

After hearing the stories of Michael Jackson’s sexual abuse victims, can we listen to his music?

In light of a new documentary, which accuses the star of raping children, should his legacy be erased from history?

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· Mar 03, 2019 · 11:30 am

What made Kishori Amonkar’s music sublime, complex and radical? Her foremost disciple explains

Arun Dravid witnessed the evolution of Amonkar’s music, as she spurned conventions, broke new ground and became one of India’s greatest female vocalists.

Nikhil Inamdar

· Feb 25, 2019 · 11:30 am

Plastic Parvati: The award-winning musician who is writing songs on mental health and sexuality

Suyasha Sengupta’s solo act has won the 2019 Toto Music Award with her honest, vulnerable music.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Feb 19, 2019 · 11:30 am

Fading sounds: An Indian musical instrument with a rich history is on the cusp of extinction

The kinnera, which originated in 4th century CE, has only a dozen practitioners left, most in Telangana.

Aruna Chandaraju

· Feb 16, 2019 · 11:30 am

The release of ‘Gully Boy’ is a bittersweet moment for a stalwart of India’s hip-hop movement

Sez, who worked on some of the biggest hits of Divine and Naezy, is disheartened by the short shrift given to hip-hop producers.

Akhil Sood

· Feb 13, 2019 · 11:30 am