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 "For fans of Indian music, there is no better resource on the Web". The Music Magazine is among the top 10 sites recommended by CNet Who really wrote Tera jadoo chal gaya? A poet from Mumbai says the film industry has been denying him credit for the hit songs he wrote More  Love, violence and renunciation Asoka is a celluloid spectacle about an emperor who gave up going to war when he realised its horrendous human cost. It stars Shah Rukh and features Anu Malik's music More A fine collection from Joshi's prime years Two recordings come from the '60s, and one comes from the '80s, and they make The Malhars a great Bhimsen Joshi compilation More MIT's free courseware page has music links too The world's premier technology institute throws open all its course material, and generates excitement among those who'd love to learn but can't do fulltime courses More Well-chosen piano anthology Jazz Piano comes from a small label in England, and does a good job of bringing together rare music by masters like Duke Elington and Count Basie More A bus ride we've taken before Harris Jeyaraj's third film 12B relies heavily on the orchestral arrangements he used in his first two films, Minnale and Majunu More Sufi music from two Pakistani stars Mast Qalandar puts together seven separately rendered tracks by Nusrat Fateh Ali and Abida Parveen, both specialists in mystic verse More Stale tunes, dead orchestra Ajnabee is overdue by nearly two years, and thanks to Anu Malik's insipid tunes, you'll feel you are reading last year's newspaper More Bharatiraja's praise for the 'chevalier' A site compiles tributes to Sivaji Ganesan, Sarvajna's Kannada aphorisms are translated into Tamil, and Fardeen Khan acts in a music video More Monopoly? What monopoly? Lata and Asha are noble people and never tried to monopolise the Hindi film industry, says U V W Krish in response to the suggestion that Vani Jairam was eased out of Bombay More Hip music for a lavish thriller Shankar Loy Ehsaan make a trendy score for the Kamala Hasan starrer Aalavanthaan, called Abhay in Hindi and boasting an Australian stunt master More Tansen Samman for Amjad Ali Khan The sarod maestro is named for the prestigious award, and Adnan Sami records a Kannada film number More A raga in full splendour Chitravina Ravikiran offers a complex ragam-tanam-pallavi exposition of Latangi, which combines the scales of Kalyani and Karaharapriya More In praise of Vani Jairam Vani has a moving voice, and it's ridiculous to defend the Mangeshkars against her, writes Ameen Merchant More Slow and beautifully nuanced For those who had despaired of ever finding recordings of the master of slow tempo, M D Ramanathan Live comes as a welcome release More More from the fecund Miles Sorcerer comes from an extraodinarily fertile period when Miles Davis was leading a quintet of future stars More Lucky Ali composes for Dev Anand The singer of Indiballads graduates to movie music director status with Love at Times Square More Electric show, damp PR The Scorpions, like their delirious fans, enjoyed every moment of the Bangalore concert More An alliance to mine gold HMV and Star Gold launch a joint label to promote vintage Hindi songs More Longing for a sting The Scorpions perform in Bangalore on August 9, and their Indian fans are hoping rain won't spoil the show More Conventional score for a period drama Uttam Singh, of Dil To Pagal Hai fame, makes a conventional score for Gadar and throws in a thumri by two classical stars More Good jazz from a Japan tour With just five pieces Thelonious Monk: 1963 in Japan just avoids being disappointingly short More An art that's overrated Opera combines sublime music with the worst possible theatre, and has grown at the expense of other art forms like jazz, says Robert Fawkes-Jenkins More Love and its synonyms Viju Shah, who made the smash hit song Oye oye, pays more attention to the orchestra than to the tunes in Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat More Cousins still doing a teen act Colonial Cousins Hariharan and Lezz return with Aatma, an album that's got fine musicians and great technical values, but that's not enough for a band like this More Label with a cause Vasanth Bhat has quit his journalism job, launched a label, and is working towards an academy in the name of Ganapati Bhat Hasanagi, his father and prime Rajguru disciple More The band that saved a life Junoon's Sufi and rock influences produce a youthfully raw sound, the kind you hear on their latest tour album Andaz. A fan says the band saved him from suicide More End of an era Sivaji Ganesan's death marks the end of a generation nurtured by the Dravidian politics of Tamil Nadu. Along with MGR, he ruled the Tamil film industry for several decades More Listen to the Dude, he'll do you good: Links to Oyeindia's music section Looking for music equipment? Visit Hifi.com  "The freshest Indian sounds online". Rediff lists The Music Magazine among its 8 foot-tapping Indian music sites *Fantastic site -- Hitbox *Web's best -- Britannica *Well researched -- India Today *Classy -- Deccan Herald 
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