Poet of many seasons is dead
He wrote with equal ease melancholic numbers like Jab dil hi toot gaya and cheerful numbers like Papa kehte hain. Majrooh Sultanpuri, Hindi cinema's versatile lyricist, is dead. His 8,000 songs will ensure that he lives long More
Still on the front foot
The matchfixing scandal may have devastated the cricket fan, but P M Vijendra Rao, a journalist who has recorded five songs to cheer the Indian team on, says the game is a religion very hard to get out of More
Movie about a living terror
Veerappan kills without qualms. Ramgopal Varma's Jungle is about the rescue of a kidnapped Urmila from this poacher's grip. Going by Sandeep Chowta's music, it's a trendy adventure movie More
The true voice of America and jazz
Willis Conover, VOA's jazz presenter, died four years ago on May 17. A special tribute to the man who presented jazz with so much passion that he became a cult figure himself More
Something from the Kerala king's treasure
Balamurali stumbled upon an old notebook, and the outcome is Swathi Thirunal Krithis. The album presents five compositions, one of them a forgotten and now carefully pieced together tillana More
Nostalgia with S Janaki The Living Legend features 10 songs from the rich repertoire of S Janaki, Kannada cinema's favourite playback singer for over four decades More
Dance, trance and remixes
Trance is a child of modern technology and our fetish for speed. Remixes are unoriginal revivals. A look at today's dance music More
Woh ta-da-ri-na kya re?
Karnatak music and Hindustani music share the same principles, yet many music lovers who enjoy one can't enjoy the other. A booklet turns the searchlight on the gulf between the two streams More
It's the Small B making a big splash
Two star kids launch their careers with J P Dutta's lavishly mounted Refugee. And Anu Malik spoils a mellow score by overusing the chorus and the violin ensemble More
Poor little rich boy's new album
Ravichandran's new Kannada film album O Nanna Nalle is violin-rich, reminding you of '80s Ilaiyaraja. But is lavishness all? More
Kritis for good health?
A Madras organisation prescribes Muthuswamy Dikshitar's compositions for physical and spiritual illnesses More
Traditional songs on Krishna
Sowmya sings nine Tamil songs to the accompaniment of a veena-and-violin orchestra that's got an oldtime radio feel More
Classical overtones, familiar orchestra
A R Rahman's score for Rajeev Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain has more classical overtones than any of his previous scores, but his orchestra is still much the same More
After Amir's Ati kya Khandala, it's Shah Rukh's turn
In Josh, Shah Rukh Khan makes a charming, atonal singing debut with a song that blends gangsta rap with folk beats. Suresh Peters, who took the express train to fame with Chukubuku chukubuku raile, also adds to this album's smart appeal More
Phir dhoom, phir pichuk?
In Phir Dhoom, Euphoria, the 'Hindrock' band from Calcutta, tries to recreate the magic of Dhoom Pichuk More
When the two Indias talk sex
Split Wide Open, English August director Dev Benegal's new film, is about "the need to talk". The album features some pop and some rock More
Writing well about music
Dr U R Anantha Murthy, Jnanpith award winner and one of India's tallest writers, finds The Music Magazine a great read More
Waves within the heart
In Mani Ratnam's latest film, Alai Payuthe, Rahman comes up with some slow and thoroughly enjoyable music
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The language of meditation
Silence, space, Borges, and vibrant voices coalesce in The Screen Behind the Mirror, Enigma's compelling album
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South Indian cinema shows classical musicians in a false light, making them out to be more virtuous than they can ever be in real life. And why must popular music flog itself guiltily when it comes face to face with classical music? A study of Malayamaruta, Sankarabharanam, Kadalan ...
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