Padma Bhushan Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty highlights the distinctions between North and South Indian music, noting the devotional focus of Carnatic compositions versus the everyday themes in Hindustani ...

Discover who Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was. Learn about his biography, music career, Bharat Ratna award, education, legacy and why ...

With long and distinct careers in Hindustani classical music, sitarist Ustaad Shujaat Husain Khan and flautist Pandit Rakesh ...

The recital featured the virtuosity of world renowned Sitarist Bhagirath Bhatt and the rhythmic brilliance of eminent Tabla ...

Best I can tell—by roaming the vaguely definitive ether known as cyberspace—the term “jugalbandhi” means “entwined twins” and refers to a musical duet, which makes perfect sense for this concert: a ...

The Institute of Management, Nirma University (IMNU), in collaboration with SPIC MACAY, hosted a Hindustani classical vocal ...

Kishori Amonkar, a legendary performer of Indian classical music, died in her apartment in Mumbai on the night of April 3 after a brief illness. She was 84. Amonkar was a notable vocalist of the ...

The images carried on postage stamps are central in producing, projecting and experiencing the national community. From Mirabai of the Bhakti tradition to Hindi film playback singers and paintings of ...

When you think of Indian classical music, you probably don't expect to hear beat box, or strains of jazz, and even rock. But that's exactly what Nistha Raj is all about. The violinist is mixing ...

Artist Arushi Jain’s upcoming album offers something that music fans may not have heard before. The Indian American engineer-turned-musician/vocalist blends modular synths and electronic music with ...

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya occupies a rare space in global music history. He is the first Indian artist inducted into the ...

Exposed to rock in his earlier years working with legends such as George Harrison on his “Living in the Material World” album, Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain began dreaming of becoming a rock ...