From the intimacy of the guru–shishya parampara to collaborations with jazz ensembles, electronic producers and global festival stages, Carnatic music has expanded its vocabulary without abandoning ...

For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise. “I was not into the concept of ...

There were seasoned rasikas, and there were inquisitive first-time listeners; all of them gathered around 7.30 a.m. on Saturday for a Carnatic music kacheri, though not in a sabha as one might imagine ...

Carnatic music does not reward haste. It demands patience, discipline and loyalty to lineage. As the Hyderabad Tyagaraja Aradhana Music Festival (HTAMF) marked its 11th edition in January 2026, the ...

She says raag, taal and gamak. He says ragam, talam and gamakam. But when Kaushiki Chakraborty and Ambi Subramaniam come together onstage they converse only in one language — music. Whether it’s for ...

LOS ANGELES CA — When Usha Chilukuri Vance, poised and articulate, took the stage at the Republican National Convention to deliver the introductory remarks for her husband, the world saw the wife of ...

Sid Sriram reflects on growing up within this season, balancing cinema with Carnatic music, and why the sabha stage continues to ground everything he does.