Clik here to view.
Lost and found
A goldmine of rare music by Bal Gandharva, Master , Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and many others is being digitised in a Pune home, but does anyone care? Prod a true blue classical musician about the state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strum the Junk!
Toronto based musician Iner Souster has been creating sonic wonders from unusual junk for over a decade. Anita Iyer sneaks into the bizarre world of the instrumentalist Ever heard of musical...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Striking A Special Note
She cut her first album at the age of nine. Listening to her skilful rendition of 10 ragas in this collection, one could easily declare her a child prodigy. Yet, if you tried to have a regular...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When Two Worlds Collide!
Songs of Mashangva traces the impact of Christianity in tribal cultures through music This is the story of two worlds – of one being overshadowed and thrown on the verge of extinction by the other. But...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Route to the roots
Anita Iyer catches up with Saurav Moni as he shares his vision of conserving folk music from the onslaught of pop culture The rusty voice singing a Bangla folk number reverberates as you enter the...
View ArticleHear it Out !
Discussions on music, noise and silence are aplenty, but when it comes to modes of listening, there is a sense of muted incomprehension. Do we listen? Do we listen enough? Do we talk about listening...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drumming sense
Varun Venkit is a man who wants to make a difference in the lives of people through music. An enthusiastic drummer, performer, music therapist rolled into one, Varun has been attempting several things...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blast from the Past
Passion and commitment spell success for some and satisfaction for others. In case of the music historian Dinesh Ghate, the latter is the case. A conversation with Mr. Ghate is tough to end – the man...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The whistle blowers!
Sound Box tracks down some enthusiasts who have literally been whistling their way to glory Music it cialis for women appears, is not the prerogative of the vocal chords. Well, not directly at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Back to the Roots
Did you know that a variation of the sarangi named the ‘Ravanhatta’ dates back to the times of the Ramayana and which had been created, apparently by Ravan himself for luring Sita? Have you ever seen a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Firangi dhwani!
Western musicians collaborating with traditional Indian artists is nothing new– we have had the Beatles adapting the sounds of Pt. Ravi Shankar’s sitar in their track Norweigan Wood, and numerous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Didgeridoo, anyone?
A chance meeting with an Australian tourist in Assam introduced Manas Chowdhary to the didgeridoo. And thus began his lifelong affair with the wind instrument, that’s native to the indigenous tribes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Breaking free
They say music knows no boundaries and it stood true in December of 2011 as the arclights shifted to the lawns of the capital’s Tihar Jail, where Flying Souls performed their debut show amongst full...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finger with care
“Wanna see how do I play with fingers?” says this 22 year old Naga boy with twinkling eyes. “Of course,” you say, and he launches into some of the most incredible guitar playing one has seen, with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Seven that Survive
Frederick Noronha traces the few pipe organs that haven’t succumbed to the ravages of time and human neglect, in Goa Their sounds once dominated the grand churches and cathedral of Goa. Today, seven...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When Web 2.0 takes on Radio
good mortgage lenders for bad credit The Buggles may have echoed the sentiments of dying radio penetration while composing Video Killed the Radio Star in 1979, but the late noughties saw a sudden spike...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Folk returns to theatre
In Maharashtra, an intrepid musician has woven varied folk forms into a musical on the life of the Maratha king Shivaji Whenever Marathi theatre goers think about political-musical satires, they think...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The best and worst of Bollywood item numbers
An item number is many things to Bollywood and the following of Bollywood. To some it is an excitement factor, to some it is a break from the plot of the movie, but to most it is a teaser and a...
View Article