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...
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How this Coimbatore man keeps the vinyl tradition alive
S Radhakrishnan of Sri Records | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S At his warehouse operating out of a rented facility in Pudur, Peelamedu, Radhakrishnan wades through stacks of pre-owned vinyl records vying for space alongside vintage audio equipment, some of them in working shape, others awaiting repair. Here, he meticulously sorts through the records and equipment sourced...
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Drake accuses Universal Music Group of manipulating popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ diss track
Drake | Photo Credit: RICHARD SHOTWELL Drake has filed a legal petition against Universal Music Group (UMG), alleging the company used underhanded tactics to artificially inflate the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, Not Like Us. The song, which takes aim at Drake with highly personal accusations, is part of the ongoing and intensifying feud...
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The Kiara Academy of Performing Arts presents Christmas is Coming on November 30 in Bengaluru
The members of The Kiara Academy of Performing Arts with Wendy (centre) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Kiara Academy of Performing Arts presents an Advent and Christmas concert, Christmas is Coming, this weekend in the city. The evening will feature popular Christmas music and carols for the first half, while the second half is devoted to...
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Ibrahim Maalouf loves to blow the trumpet in his own way
Ibrahim Maalouf conjures up a blend of Afrobeat, jazz, and world music | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf has an interesting way of describing himself. “If you call me 100 per cent Arabic, that’s true. But if you call me 100 per cent French, that’s also true,” he says. Born in Beirut, Lebanon,...