Veerappan kidnaps Rajkumar
The sandalwood smuggler holds the singing star captive, sends an audio tape with his demands, and drives the government into a tizzy More
The magic of new orchestral colour Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya, Ismail Darbar's second film, shows his flair for warm violin passages and daring orchestral mixing and matching More
Some 'mast' again Ghaath, starring Manoj Bajpai and Tabu, may not give you great tunes, but Anu Malik is in
reasonable form More
Outrage over Pakeezah songs in English film Pakeezah, Kamaal Amrohi's 1971 cinemascope film whose songs turned it into a surprise hit, is at the centre of a spat between the director's son and HMV More
Didi O! This is good fusion Kenza presents Khaled experimenting soberly with African and Latin sounds. The singer who shot to fame with the upbeat Didi has arrived at a mature fusion of world styles More
Bangla flavour from Chicago
A band offers its entire first album, Novochari, free on the Net. And if you buy their CD, they give away most of the money to a friend fighting cancer More
Tamil flower in a baroque garden
In Karisakattu Poove, Ilaiyaraja amazingly conjures up a south Indian village even when he uses a European-style violin orchestra More
Why I hate MTV
Do we need an anorexic bimbo to tell us that it's "cool" to be gay, or "un-cool" to be wearing certain clothes? Mark Harmon is angry that a multibillion dollar corporation is running young people's lives More
They grew up together, jazz and Satchmo
Louis Armstrong claimed he was born on 4 July, the day Americans celebrate their freedom. July is a good time to look back at the career of a great singer and trumpeter whose free music was born behind bars, in a reform school More
Bichoo sticks to the same old formula
This Bobby Deol-Rani Mukherjee starrer follows the Guddu Dhanoa pattern of one 'item number', one slow melody and two Punjabi pop songs. The Hans Raj Hans-Shweta Shetty number deserves your attention More
Jazz with an Indian flavour
Shakti, with Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayakram and John MacLaughlin, pioneered a blend of Indian rhythms and jazz melody. Remember Shakti, in two volumes, presents them live More
Karaoke! Sing along with your favourite pop tracks! Enrique Iglesias. Britney Spears. Madonna. Aqua... Highlight the song of your choice and click. Sing now!
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Interview
Hariharan's Kaash gives you at least three lovely numbers
Srinivas, south Indian cinema's new playback singer, on how he gave up dyestuffs for music
Hundreds would gladly give one arm to be in his place. Pandit Madhav Gudi has lived with Pandit Bhimsen Joshi for 26 years. In an exclusive interview, he talks about the joy and despair of learning from a genius, and the difficulty of moving out of his shadow
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The Shivaraj Kumar-Ambarish starrer Devara Maga is Bangarada Manushya revisited. Hamsalekha writes striking lines but don't expect tunes like Nagunagutha nali nali 