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It was a serious road accident that led me — accidentally, as it were — to the musical riches of YouTube. I had broken an ankle and dislocated a shoulder, and was laid up in bed for weeks ...

Penning an introductory line summing up the accolades and achievements of Thodur Madabusi Krishna is a daunting task for his warranted aversion to classify and label one’s achievements, thereby ...

A composition you would love to play on your 10-string double violin: Joga by Bjork A memorable concert: When I was 11/12, my grandmother (Lakshmi Shankar) surprised me and took me to an Indian summe...

How does it feel to be a part of a song by Antariksh? Marty Friedman: I’m excited to play with musicians with such depth and I am always happy to be a part of something that makes you feel posi...

“Unlike (Mahatma) Gandhi who unfortunately thought cleansing and purifying religion was all that was needed, Guru questioned, reimagined and literally redrafted religion. He took ownership of it...

The Swara Samrat Festival, the annual endeavour of Sreeranjini Musical Trust, was celebrated in different phases this year. It commenced with Alaap, the performances by the young generation of Indian ...

As a child, I would be forced to listen to All India Radio when my father tuned in to the broadcasts of khayal in the morning. With the acquisition of a radiogram and its record player came the compet...

Introducing raga Bhairavi, the formidable classical Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna tries to explain the idea of singing a raga. It is a search. As he sings the notes, he seems to implore the spirit of t...

Krishna has ever taken the stand that Indian art forms are dictated by ideas of caste and religion, and that allotment of human capability along those lines is unjustifiable. How and why these systems...