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Songs of Paradise: How Raj Begum became Radio Kashmir’s first woman singer, and its much-needed soul
September 03, 2025 19:01 IST
While Songs of Paradise is a dramatised account, here’s the real story of Raj Begum, the nightingale of Kashmir, who sang through Kashmir’s political crosswinds.
Thu, Sep 04, 2025
‘The composer is the profit… sets the destiny of a film’: Mithoon on being the highest paid composer in Bollywood, his global hit from ‘Saiyaara’ and the stories embedded in his musicSubscriber Only
August 29, 2025 19:04 IST
Music composer Mithoon's 'Dhun' from Saiyaara has entered Spotify's Global Top 100.
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
Why the schoolgirl fetish in Guru Randhawa’s Azul is problematic
August 29, 2025 17:20 IST
Randhawa's new song, Azul, however, has gone into the reckless territory and is at the centre of much controversy due to its problematic imagery
Sat, Aug 30, 2025
Salim-Sulaiman’s prayer for empathy, a song for Gaza’s childrenSign In to read
August 28, 2025 16:57 IST
There are lessons here for those in power, refusing to be moved beyond diplomatic caution
Thu, Aug 28, 2025
Why are so many musicians removing their music from Spotify?
August 24, 2025 19:35 IST
Besides issues of compensation and streaming monopoly, some musicians don’t want their music to ‘kill people.’
Mon, Aug 25, 2025
IAS officer to classical vocalist: How Kashish Mittal’s rendition of a Nusrat Fateh Ali ghazal made him an internet sensation
August 13, 2025 17:30 IST
His parents were supportive but peers were startled about the Services not being able to be his anchor
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Past Melodies: A look-back at the music of Sholay and what continues to make it timelessSubscriber Only
August 08, 2025 22:16 IST
The Sholay soundtrack has also been smartly tailored — a seven-track album that’s the pulse of the film, holding it together, providing it with colour and texture.
Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Delhi met Lahore when Farida Khanum sang a Daag Dehlvi ghazalSubscriber Only
August 08, 2025 16:18 IST
Amidst the clamour of viral content and shrillness of rhetoric, Khanum’s rendition is a reminder of a shared cultural identity
Fri, Aug 08, 2025
Why was a Manipuri girl singing Tagore as a farewell to theatre giant Ratan Thiyam?
August 07, 2025 17:25 IST
The moving tribute that has gone viral has Gunchenbi singing Tagore's Ore Ggihobashi... to Thiyam, who passed away last month
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
Why Chaleya isn’t Shilpa Rao’s best, even if it won a National AwardSubscriber Only
August 06, 2025 18:09 IST
The National Award for an easy-to-forget song by Shilpa Rao should be seen as a representative, catch-up award for many previous significant others.
Wed, Aug 06, 2025
Why are we still listening to Himesh Reshammiya?Subscriber Only
July 25, 2025 18:50 IST
Himesh Reshammiya’s resurgence is real. The mania, however, lies in a curious combination of nostalgia, FOMO in times of Insta reels, a thriving live-music industry and that age-old need to grasp at a familiar cultural memory.
Sun, Jul 27, 2025
How Malavika Sarrukai has spent over 50 years carrying the classical while rethinking what Bharatanatyam can beSubscriber Only
July 20, 2025 05:00 IST
Bharatanatyam exponent Malavika Sarrukai, 'India's greatest living dancer’ according to noted art historian BN Goswami, on her dance journey, questioning tradition and how pay parity between a dancer and a musician continues to be overlooked in the Carnatic world’s debate on caste and gender
Sat, Jul 19, 2025
Meet singer and former MP Muhammad Sadiq, whose song from the ’80s is powering Ranveer Singh’s DhurandharSubscriber Only
July 15, 2025 22:30 IST
Veteran Punjabi singer Muhammad Sadiq on his song that's making waves in 2025, questions about who profits from a folk artiste’s cultural legacy and performing during militancy and, now, with Diljit Dosanjh.
Wed, Jul 16, 2025
Tech CEO pays $400,000 to conduct orchestra: What exactly does a music conductor do?Subscriber Only
July 13, 2025 14:09 IST
Recently, a tech entrepreneur paid 400,000 dollars to conduct the Toronto Orchestra for one evening, to criticism from some musicians. Why do conductors matter, and what do their baton waves and wrist flicks actually mean?
Mon, Jul 14, 2025
Guru Dutt@100: How songs became the soul of his filmsSubscriber Only
July 05, 2025 17:56 IST
Guru Dutt’s films gave us decaying idealism and gentle stories about unrequited love. The songs in them completed the story
Sun, Jul 06, 2025
Ramayana: Music titans AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer team up for a musical odysseySubscriber Only
July 04, 2025 20:38 IST
In what is likely to be an epic collaboration, AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer have come together for the upcoming Ranbir Kapoor starrer Ramayana.
Fri, Jul 04, 2025
When Kishore Kumar’s songs were bannedSubscriber Only
June 28, 2025 16:51 IST
Playback singer Kishore Kumar’s refusal to sing at an Indian Youth Congress rally promoting Sanjay Gandhi’s 20-point programme was taken as defiance by the government.
Sun, Jun 29, 2025
Adopted from Maharashtra orphanage, raised in Denmark, conductor Maria Badstue returns to perform in IndiaSubscriber Only
June 27, 2025 06:59 IST
Badstue will climb the podium and wield the baton to present music from Scandinavian repertoire, including compositions by prominent Danish composer Carl Nielsen
Fri, Jun 27, 2025
How a Kathak dancer is rewriting tradition, in ghungroos and turbanSubscriber Only
June 27, 2025 06:30 IST
Ludhiana-based Taranjot Singh, one of India’s first practising Sikh Kathak dancers, with all the markers of his faith intact, is challenging norms to follow his passion
Fri, Jun 27, 2025
Canada’s leading university to offer a course on global popstar Diljeet DosanjhSubscriber Only
June 23, 2025 21:33 IST
Toronto Metropolitan University will begin a course on the Born to Shine singer in 2026
Mon, Jun 23, 2025
Guns and Roses: Life and Death of Sidhu Moose WalaSubscriber Only
June 14, 2025 16:16 IST
The journey that producer Ishleen Kaur takes in The Killing Call, which was released by the BBC on YouTube, to get to the bottom of the matter, is quite unsettling and at times a hair-raising watch
Sat, Jun 14, 2025
First Indian rock band on America’s Got Talent is from NortheastSubscriber Only
June 11, 2025 03:53 IST
It all started when a producer from America’s Got Talent reached out to Girish via Instagram, after seeing a soundcheck video he had posted from a show at Independence Rock Festival in Mumbai
Wed, Jun 11, 2025
History of the Blues: Music born of sweat and sorrow that’s at the heart of Ryan Coogler’s SinnersSubscriber Only
June 08, 2025 19:59 IST
Blues music: The story of a folk art form with roots in Africa and emergence in the Mississippi Delta, which became the essence of American music.
Sun, Jun 08, 2025
Faiz’s ‘Hum dekhenge’ is not about country or religion. It is anti-oppressionSubscriber Only
May 25, 2025 12:43 IST
Three people have been booked for reciting the poem in Nagpur. But the protest anthem speaks neither for Pakistan nor for India but for a more inclusive world
Sun, May 25, 2025
Musician Tarun Balani’s latest album is a meditation on memory and lossSubscriber Only
May 24, 2025 09:11 IST
The compositions follow the jazz drummer's quest for identity born out of a yearning for his grandfather and the homeland of Sindh
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