Opera, musical, masala movie
An
extended discussion on opera, the Broadway/West End musical, and the Hindi
film, and the tunes that make them tick More
Notes on a standard setter
As Bob
Dylan turns 60, it's time to salute a singer who wrote protest poems,
shaped rock 'n' roll, and almost got the Nobel prize More
When love rages like a river
Ashok Patil traces his journey from Hollywood to
Bangalore and talks about Shaapa, his debut
'musical' and a love story that gets entangled with the Cauvery river
dispute More
Classic Afro-Cuban jazz
Poncho
Sanchez, an American of Mexican origin who grew up in California, plays
rhythm-rich Afro-Cuban jazz rather than the usual pop music that Hispanics
get attracted to More
Listener's list A music
lover has put together an impressive database of classical compositions,
giving details about their ragas, talas, words and composers More
Nom-tom on the bamboo reed
Divine Dhrupad is a pioneering effort by
Hariprasad Chaurasia to play dhrupad on the flute. The ancient form is
almost always sung, or played on the vina More
Tuned to a secret 'inspiration'
Nadeem
claims he is doing great work in his second innings, but is he quietly
helping himself to other composers' tunes? More
Six tracks from the California
Kannadiga Nanna Preethiya Hudugi is a love story set on an
American campus. Anuradha Paudwal slips up on her enunciation, B Jayasree
and Suresh Peters shine, and Ramprasad makes a comeback More
Daler's trouble with words
Daler
Mehndi's new album has run into trouble with an Islamic group, and he is
changing the words of the title song More
All-rounder's offering
Anjali Geetanjali comes from S Narayan, the
Kannada dialogue, script and song writer who has now turned hero More
Tagore rocks?
A Bangladeshi rock singer has stirred a hornet's nest by fusing rock and jazz on to a Tagore song More
Songs like yesterday's
Anu Malik is attempting understated stuff these days. The kid film Rahul has the kind of melody you don't normally associate with today's blockbusters
More
Rocking softly in the rain
Bryan Adams got the 35,000-strong Bangalore crowd squealing with his very first song, and continued an hour longer than planned
More
So near yet so duur Duur is a rock-inspired album from a two-member Pakistani band called Strings, which returns after a eight-year break
More
It's today's music. Period!
If you are sated
by the digitally
enhanced and blinding splashes of modern-day music,
and are looking for some musical sepia, Lagaan may not
be the album for you
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!
It took 10 years to complete. Vijay of Sri Aurobindo Society, who co-ordinated the 20-CD introduction to Indian music, tells you the inside story of Alaap, the most comprehensive such effort to date
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