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Haniya Aslam of Zeb and Haniya passes awaySubscriber Only
August 12, 2024 12:22 IST
Haniya was born and raised in Lahore but would often visit extended family in Kohat, a small town located in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mon, Aug 12, 2024
Meet Hanumankind, the genre-smashing rapper from Kerala whose latest song is a global sensationSubscriber Only
August 05, 2024 17:46 IST
Sooraj Cherukat aka Hanumankind is trending worldwide for breaking boundaries and putting Indian hip-hop under the spotlight
Tue, Aug 06, 2024
Yamini Krishnamurti, Bharatanatyam benchmark, torchbearer of Kuchipudi and Odissi, dies at 83Subscriber Only
August 03, 2024 19:04 IST
“She was the benchmark. There has never been anyone like her,” says dance historian Ashish Khokhar.
Sat, Aug 03, 2024
Celine Dion’s performance at the Paris Olympics: The first gold medal goes to herSubscriber Only
July 31, 2024 16:52 IST
The high-stakes performance after she announced her diagnosis of a rare progressive neurological disorder was as much a battle cry for the athletes to find every ounce of everything in them to do their best
Wed, Jul 31, 2024
When Coke Studio Bharat heard the sound of the hills in a love songSubscriber Only
July 27, 2024 10:00 IST
Kumaoni folk singer Kamala Devi, 50, on presenting her heritage on Coke Studio Bharat and the need to save the songs of her ancestors
Tue, Jul 30, 2024
100 Years of Talat Mahmood: The story of the man with a silken voiceSubscriber Only
July 20, 2024 15:25 IST
In his centenary year, remembering playback legend Talat Mahmood, whose voice remains a salve for the broken-hearted.
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
Koodiyattam exponent Margi Madhu on the survival of the 2,000-year-old Sanskrit theatreSubscriber Only
July 13, 2024 09:00 IST
Madhu talks about the democratisation of the art form and how the "caste issue isn’t there anymore"
Fri, Jul 12, 2024
Meet 11-yr-old ‘Rock goddess’ who floored America’s Got TalentSubscriber Only
July 04, 2024 02:45 IST
The audience at the audition for America’s Got Talent (AGT), one of television’s biggest reality shows, seemed uncertain of what to expect as she opened her routine with an intricate alaap in Natabhairavi, a grand devotional raga.
Thu, Jul 04, 2024
How a record label lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s music and found it 35 years laterSubscriber Only
June 30, 2024 01:00 IST
Twenty-seven years after he passed away, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s voice will be heard again through a lost tape that has been found in a UK warehouse
Sat, Jun 29, 2024
I am Celine Dion: The Heart Goes OnSubscriber Only
June 29, 2024 15:57 IST
That Taylor comes from a journalistic background helps with the earnestness; despite some excessive and long conversations about show business in Dion’s ‘warehouse’, where she’s hoarded all her old stuff.
Sat, Jun 29, 2024
Guess who’s back? The real Slim ShadySubscriber Only
June 19, 2024 08:00 IST
While the critical response to the rhyme schemes, lyrics, cadence and delivery has been unenthusiastic, Houdini went straight to No 1 on the US iTunes chart. Love him or not, Eminem makes his mark.
Wed, Jun 19, 2024
L Shankar, Shakti’s lesser-known founding member is back and he has a story to tellSubscriber Only
June 16, 2024 07:00 IST
He speaks about why he left the band in its prime, working with Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel, inventing LSD – his stereophonic double violin and being disappointed at not being asked to be a part of ‘50 years of Shakti’ tour
Sun, Jun 16, 2024
Sarod maestro Pt Rajeev Taranath dies at 92Subscriber Only
June 12, 2024 02:42 IST
Taranath, the seniormost disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and a scholar of English literature (he was referenced in the famous Arden edition of Shakespeare) passed away in Mysuru on Tuesday. He was 92.
Wed, Jun 12, 2024
The bass female playback voice is receiving long-overdue credit. But is the shift still superficial?Subscriber Only
June 01, 2024 17:38 IST
Deep female playback voices in Hindi cinema were once considered liberated, dominating and unshackled by the burdens of society, which is why they were not used for the lead female character
Sun, Jun 02, 2024
Where are Hindi cinema’s political songs?Subscriber Only
May 29, 2024 08:04 IST
Once upon a time, Hindi film songs, whether by Sahir Ludhianvi or Gulzar, asked piercing questions and spoken truth to power.
Wed, May 29, 2024
Remembering poet Surjit Patar, whose writing pierced one’s conscienceSubscriber Only
May 16, 2024 18:43 IST
Padma Shri-winning Punjabi poet Surjit Patar, who passed away last week, will be remembered for his metaphors that spoke a thousand words and verse that took a nosedive into Punjab's pain and passions with equal felicity
Thu, May 16, 2024
How writer Moin Beg’s story about Lahore’s courtesans prompted Sanjay Leela Bhansali to create HeeramandiSubscriber Only
May 03, 2024 20:23 IST
Writer Moin Beg on how the world of Lahore’s courtesans and their crucial role in the Independence struggle led him to write the story of Heeramandi and the two decades it took before Sanjay Leela Bhansali brought it to life.
Sat, May 04, 2024
Biopic ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ released: Meet the ‘Elvis of Punjab’, who was killed at the age of 27Subscriber Only
April 13, 2024 15:10 IST
From 1979 to 1988, Chamkila ruled the music landscape in Punjab with songs that were a commentary on village life, drug abuse, guns, extra marital affairs, dowry, alcoholism and matters of Punjabi masculinity, among others.
Mon, Apr 15, 2024
Amar Singh Chamkila — singing defiance in a militancy-hit PunjabSubscriber Only
April 12, 2024 07:02 IST
His songs offered a necessary diversion at a time when Punjab's people lived under the shadow of the gun
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
Amar Singh Chamkila music review: An out-and-out an Irshad Kamil triumph, a brilliant expression of imagerySubscriber Only
April 06, 2024 13:31 IST
Amar Singh Chamkila music review: Helmed by Imtiaz Ali and starring Diljit Dosanjh, the upcoming film will be released on Netflix on April 12.
Tue, Apr 09, 2024
The Sangita Kalanidhi and Carnatic music’s great divideSubscriber Only
March 31, 2024 08:00 IST
The Sangita Kalanidhi is not only well-deserved. It’s also a message to the divided world of Carnatic classical music to look within.
Sun, Mar 31, 2024
Controversy over award to T M Krishna underlines Carnatic music’s great divideSubscriber Only
March 30, 2024 14:51 IST
The opposition from Carnatic vocalists Ranjani-Gayatri and others to T M Krishna’s Sangeet Kalanidhi is not only misplaced, it underlines the importance of the issues he has raised.
Sat, Mar 30, 2024
Carnatic artistes object to award to T M Krishna; he glorified Periyar, say musician sister duoSubscriber Only
March 21, 2024 14:20 IST
Responding to the letter by Ranjani and Gayatri against T M Krishna, the Music Academy president said he was shocked by “vicious tone against a respected senior fellow musician”.
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
T M Krishna gets Sangita Kalanidhi awardSubscriber Only
March 18, 2024 05:06 IST
According to a statement issued by N Murali, President of the Madras Music Academy, the distinguished recognition for Krishna is for “his powerful voice”, “adherence to tradition when it comes to the art”, “focusing on its exploratory as opposed to tightly defined structures” and for using music as “a tool for social reform”.
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
What makes Ludwig Göransson, the Oscar winner for ‘Oppenheimer’, a distinctive composer of our timeSubscriber Only
March 13, 2024 19:25 IST
This was Göransson’s second Oscar after ‘Black Panther’ in 2018. Why does his work stand out, and how has he become the new sonic maverick for music in films?
Wed, Mar 13, 2024Journalism of Courage
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