You don’t have to travel to southern India to get a taste of the region’s classical musical style. In fact, the genre is coming with a modern twist to metro Atlanta. Carnatic 2.0 Live in Atlanta will ...

Vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan speaks to us about his plans for the Margazhi season, his views on the younger generation preferring the virtual medium to live kutc heris, and more... Vocalist Sikkil ...

A city close to their heart? ‘Hyderabad!’ Mumbai-based Aditya Kashyap gives a quick reply. The musician (bass) of contemporary Carnatic music band Agam will be in the city for the weekend with his ...

CHENNAI: What’s the first thing you notice at a concert? The artist on stage, the setlist, or maybe the microphones? Probably not the last one, right? Yet, microphones have quietly (or rather, ...

CHENNAI: The buzz of soft, animated conversations makes way for applause as the curtain rises at Vani Mahal, venue of the ‘43rd Isai, Iyal, Nataka Vizha’ (music, dance, drama festival), in Chennai’s T ...

Carnatic music students are often told to listen to yesteryear masters, in order to develop and finetune their art. The more serious ones do. What is the underlying principle in this pedagogical form?

Born into a family that breathes Carnatic music, the melodious cadences of ragas seeped into USA-based Indian-American composer Shanker Krishnan’s system quite early in life. His guru, Brindamma, left ...

In a city where temple bells echo through traffic and vendors announce breakfast, musicians and bands are reimagining these sounds. One such ensemble that brings out streaks of contemporary and ...