A recent study revealed that food tasted best when served with quiet classical music and a hint of background chatter. | Photo Credit: Illustration by SAAI Shakespeare’s immortal quote, ‘If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it,’ is arguably one of the earliest examples of attempting to conflate food...
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Watch: When Boney M and Akon rocked the Cherry Blossom Music Festival in Shillong
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Bengaluru turns musical melting pot this weekend
Hackout at ZLB23 November 29, 8 pm onwards ZLB23, A Kyoto Speakeasy at The Leela Palace, Old Airport Road Entry: Reservations via +91 9632060433 HackOut! is an Italian experimental jazz trio, who are “bass-less” in that they experiment without that low-end. Established in 2019 at the F Venezze Conservatory of Rovigo, HackOut! comprises Manuel Caliumi...
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Setting a retro tone with Sur Sandhya 2024
Former announcer, Sandhya S Kumar, talks about the upcoming 21st edition of her musical program Sur Sandhya For the first time since the pandemic, Sur Sandhya is back this year with their 21st edition. Helmed by Saras Communications, this musical fundraiser has been curated by Sandhya S Kumar, emcee and former Doordarshan announcer. Slated to take place on November 30,...
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A musical project led by K.J. Yesudas
A choir comprising of 100 priests and 100 nuns | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement You have heard him sing Carnatic kritis and devotional songs, now K. J. Yesudas breathes life into Asmaakam thatha sarvesha/ swarga lokam adhishtitha (Our Father, the Lord of all, Living in heaven above, Holy is your name, May your kingdom come)...
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‘Teachers need to think beyond dance classrooms,’ says Geeta Chandran
“I am glad I was born when I was born,” says the Delhi-based dancer Geeta Chandran. The import of the statement hits me as we speak of her long career spanning more than five decades (50 years since her arangetram) and several milestones. Geeta speaks of her first teacher Swarna Saraswathi (a cousin of Balasaraswathi)...
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Reunion of members of Bluebirds the once-famous orchestra of Thiruvananthapuram
As Srinivas began to sing ‘Musafir hoon yaaron…’, an evergreen Kishore Kumar-RD Burman number from Parichay (1972), there was a cheerful buzz among those gathered at Sree Moolam Club in Thiruvananthapuram. Srinivas was not present there as one of the prominent playback singers but as a member of Bluebirds, one of the oldest orchestras in...
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Bengaluru musician Rishab Narain on his debut single ‘Loops’
Rishab Narain | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When was the last time you felt like that hamster on a wheel, glassy eyed and tiny paws scrambling, frantically wishing your oft-repeated the motions will somehow break the monotony of life? Truth is, most of us have experienced that angst and have either doggedly plodded on or...
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Daily Quiz: On events happened on November 26
A man reading ‘Alice in Wonderland’ | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Q: Angela Bassett played the lead role in the movie about this trailblazing rock and roll singer. The movie released in 1993. The singer has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame twice. Identify the singer who was born on this...
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T.M. Krishna — the artiste and the person
Violin exponent R. K. Shriramkumar has had the most exciting journey with Krishna, right from his first concert | Photo Credit: KRISHNAN VV The affable and the argumentative R.K. Shriramkumar To be a musician with amazing skill and to receive worldwide recognition are laudable. But beyond all this lies the realm of svanubhuti (internalisation). When...