Category: Music

Nagaswaram vidwan Vedaranyam Vedamurthy. | Photo Credit: Illustration: Saai If one were to make a list of all-time great nagaswaram artistes, centenarian Vedaranyam Vedamurthy’s name is certain to make it to that list. Born on September 10, 1924, and having lived only 38 years, Vedamurthy etched his name permanently through his significantly modified instrument and...

The Many Things Ensemble  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When I think of jazz, a scene from La La Land comes to mind, where Sebastian explains to Mia how this genre of music is far from the relaxing, elevator music we often associate it with. “It’s conflict, and it’s compromise, and it’s just… it’s new...

Living in the digital age has it own perks, especially for women, who have found their voice on social media, which has now become a platform for advocacy and change. But turn back the clock to the 1950s and earlier, when even influential women faced discrimination. For instance, well-known women singers of the time were...

Members of Agam band | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A city close to their heart? ‘Hyderabad!’ Mumbai-based Aditya Kashyap gives a quick reply. The musician (bass) of contemporary Carnatic music band Agam will be in the city for the weekend with his bandmates Harish Sivaramakrishnan (vocals), T Praveen Kumar (guitars), Swamy Seetharaman (keyboards), Shiva Nagarajan...

Madhu Nataraj presented ‘Kathas in Kathak’ at the Bangalore International Centre.  | Photo Credit: Photo: Suresh Babu ‘Kathas in Kathak,’ presented by Natya STEM Dance Kampni at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC), was a dance between swirling and stillness, history and modernity, silence and the music of resurgence. While each aspect of this dance had...

Coldplay’s Chris Martin performs during the second day of the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS British rock band Coldplay on Sunday (September 22, 2024) added a third show to the Mumbai leg of its “Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025” citing...

A Coldplay concert set for January 2025 in Mumbai has left thousands of Indian fans frustrated as tickets sold out within minutes of going on sale, with many taking to social media to express their disappointment. The band has initially announced two concerts but realising the quick ticket sales, they announced a third show which...

Coldplay’s Chris Martin performs during the second day of the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Steve Marcus “We’ve been in queues for Taylor Swift tickets. This should be easier,” a friend said, the night before. Big concerts in India are few and far...

Ever the hoodie-clad musical savant who redefined the terms of digital anonymity with his idiosyncratic brand of electronic music, Alan Walker, is all set for his return to India this month. As he gears up for his Walkerworld Tour, covering ten cities across the country, you get the sense he’s both pumped and slightly bewildered...

Zamna International music festival will feature a mix of international performances. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Electronic music festivals seem to be all the rage, not just globally, but in India too. ZAMNA, the electronic music festival, is making its debut in India this weekend. Embodying the life and spirit of Tulum, a charming little...