There are several issues in Hindustani classical music that have remained unresolved for decades because of a host of reasons, foremost among them being the heavy weight of tradition and an ...

Charukeshi, Kirvani, Hansdhwani… (note the spellings). We heard them all this season or in the weeks leading up to it. So did we listen to Sohni, (Hindustani) Todi, Hindol, even Shudh Sohni. In case ...

Each raga, it is commonly held, in order to be truly efficacious has to be sung or played at a particular hour of the day or night. A more informed listener will even assert that belonging to a ...

The rhythmic organization is based on rhythmic patterns called tala. The melodic foundations are called ragas. One possible classification of ragas is into "melodic modes" or "parent scales", known as ...

The word raga means 'to love'. All Hindustani ragas are scientifically structured and as you proceed to sing them, and you unfold their grammar, you also come to reveal hidden principles of cosmic ...

Art should be ever-changing. And so, Kiran Phatak has been writing lyrics for Hindustani ragas in the English language for half a decade now. Finding music forms like rap, pop and rock too alien, he ...

An annual daylong concert titled 8 Prahar will present an unusual take on Hindustani Classical music, where artistes will perform ragas based on the time of the day. “Ours is the only country to have ...

Classical ragas of Hindustani music, composed and evolved over two centuries, are to be preserved in the form of notations by the Punjab University in Lahore. HT Image The ambitious project, ...

When the Vermont-born musician introduces himself as Joel Veena, one may think he plays the veena and hence the surname. So when Joel ‘Veena’ Eisenkramer goes on to the stage to play his slide guitar, ...

The discerning listener at the Times of India Kala Ghoda Arts Festival may be in for a rare treat today with a special piano concert by 20-year-old Utsav Lal. Lal's love for music, particularly the ...