Geetmala may return soon
Ameen Sayani is working on reviving Binaca Geetmala, the most popular countdown programme in Indian radio history More
He nurtures jazz classics
Frank Dubier, Chennai's star trumpeter, breathes the classics and leads a band that's now treating Bangaloreans to great jazz More
Belling the copy cats
Mumbai film producers plan to deny work to singers who casually take popular tunes and record their own cover versions More
'Can you peel away nakedness?'
In Scribbles on Akka, Ilaiyaraja snatches Akka Mahadevi away from classical musicians, and attempts to give her blazing genius to a pop generation More
Look back at a dark age Era 2, by the French guitarist and composer Eric Levi, recalls the Cathartic dissent, and, like Enigma, mixes medieval chants with rock and pop harmonies More
'I'm a chaloo girl' Patelscope is a romp with Dewang Patel singing bawdy, funny, pointlessly rhyming Hindi parodies of the dance hits of Aqua, Vengaboys and Ricky Martin More
Indian-African jazz on a world tour
Trilok Gurtu and Amit Heri, India's jazz luminaries, are touring the world with two African musicians. They've just dazzled South Africa, where jazz represents the anti-apartheid spirit, and will soon play before European and US audiences More
Sangita Kalanidhi title for R Vedavalli
The Madras Music Academy nominates for its highest honour a 63-year-old vocalist who never compromises. In an exclusive interview, Vedavalli retraces her career and says "tradition is like family" More
Can you hear the song within her heart? Man ke Manjeere, featuring Shubha Mudgal, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Diwaliben, Rukmabai and Antara Chowdhury, is about the chimes within women's hearts, and the anxiety to ensure that they are not muted More
Fine album from a lone ranger
There's no Dire Straits reunion in sight. Mark Knopfler, the group's guitar wiz, voyages forth all alone in Sailing to Philadelphia More
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, man on the balcony
This year's Dadasaheb Phalke award winner describes himself as one who prefers to gaze at the stars rather than peer into the gutter. A look at the music of the man who feels Mani Ratnam "overdecorates" his films with songs More
Your favourite Hindi tunes in site
A pianist launches Notation Nest, a website to guide along hobbyists who want to learn to play their favourite Hindi film songs on the guitar or the keyboard More
An impetus to poetry and music
The Kannada bhavageete takes centre-stage again, thanks to a government agency with a poetry lover at its helm. Singers all over the world can compete for the Nityotsava award and win a trip to Bangalore More MSIL Nityotsava contest last date extended to Sep 30 Click here for rules
The warmth of the violin
Yehudi Menuhin showed the humanity of the wooden violin against the clang of the industrial age and the heartlessness of the computer age. Excerpt from an important new book More
The elements on a snazzy spin Rhythm, A R Rahman's latest album, bears his stylish stamp as he represents the earth, water, air, fire and space, but it can hardly claim classic status More
Light under a bushel
Great trumpet solos are drowned by wishy washy rock and pop sounds in The Best of Donald Byrd More
A sabha's bouquet for MS
Hamsadhwani celebrated its 10th birthday with an eclectic festival featuring Karnatak and Hindustani stars, and a harikatha about M S Subbulakshmi More
Gamaka-rich music for a film on Bharati Bharati, filmed by an IAS officer, celebrates the nationalist poet's life with an acoustically lavish but stylistically restrained score by Ilaiyaraja 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!
Memories of Lord Yehudi colour a new novel by Lionel Rolfe, musician turned journalist. In an exclusive interview, Rolfe talks about the themes in his book -- death, love and the greatness of his uncle's music -- and his own loneliness as a leftist and classical music lover in LA
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Gopal returns, says Veerappan is changing hide-out 
