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...
Category: Music
Post
Post
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...
Post
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...
Post
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...
Post
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...
Post
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,...
Post
Sitar Rama Rao Utsav to be held in Bengaluru on November 30
The first edition of Sitar Rama Rao Utsav will be held in Bengaluru on November 30. “The event celebrates the legacy and the contribution of my father, NR Rama Rao to the world of classical music,” says sitarist Shubhendra Rao. Speaking from over phone from Delhi, Shubhendra continues, “I plan to make it an annual...
Post
Saira Banu breaks silence following separation with AR Rahman: ‘Stop tarnishing his name’
A.R. Rahman and Saira Banu. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Saira Banu, the former wife of music legend A.R. Rahman, has broken her silence following their recent separation after 29 years of marriage. In a statement, she addressed the wave of rumors and defamatory content circulating online, requesting people to refrain from maligning Rahman’s...
Post
How Ustad Aashish Khan was a precious link to the Maihar legacy
Ustad Aashish Khan was the son of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ustad Aashish Khan, 85, who passed away last week, was not just the grandson of Baba Allaudin Khan, founder of the Senia Maihar instrumental gharana, but he was also the last of the musicians to have received taalim from...
Post
Three women artistes’ journey to the centre of the stage
Picture this: A percussionist has arrived at the concert venue, but is asked to leave because the other percussionist has declared, “I do not play concerts with or for women.” The organisers and “main artiste” (as the artiste sitting centre stage is called) make a hasty apology and send her home. Enraged, she cries loud...