"I have never heard this song before,” an elderly audience member told me right after my recent concert in Bengaluru. The song he was referring to was Athi Saavadana, composed by the 17th century ...

Chennai: Only the trinity of Carnatic music — Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri — can claim to be above everybody in music, nobody else can, Madras high court observed on Wednesday A ...

CARNATIC songs accompanied by jazz drums and electric guitars are attracting youth the world over, making this classical art form cool to young audiences. Carnatic music is a South Indian system of ...

A newcomer to the Capital District is dedicating herself to introducing a classical music form largely unfamiliar to Western ears: an ancient musical tradition from southern India. Vocalist Vidya ...

Meet Guitar Prasanna, a musician extraordinaire. On September 20, at 5.30pm, his guitar will play the sublime strains of the revered Carnatic trinity Tyagaraja, Dikshitar and Shyama Shastri. Two hours ...

The Music Academy decision to confer the Sangita Kalanidhi title on TM Krishna has triggered protests The decision of The Music Academy, the venerable institution in the city of Chennai which is ...

CHENNAI: Our ancestors had the vision to set aside Margazhi month to reflect on and progress in our inward journey that will develop and grow our existential intelligence. Margazhi 2024, however, has ...

“As a songwriter I discovered that Sanskrit poetry has amazing poetic meter. It is so sing-able,” says Gopal Navale, the man responsible for conceiving the rather radical thought that Sanskrit poetry ...

The nip in the air is just right to reach out for those Kanjeevarams tucked away in your cupboard. If the weather isn’t enough reason to drape the gorgeous silk sarees, here’s one more: Chennai’s ...