Renowned tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain (73) succumbed to heart-related issues on Sunday, December 15. The latest news from Hyderabad features an Odisha food and craft mela, a performance by Ustad Zakir ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Renowned tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, who passed away at 73 on December 15, was laid to rest on December 19 at Fernwood Cemetery, Mill Valley. Drummer Anandan Sivamani and ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Every day, when his father, Ustad Alla Rakha would wake him up at 3 a.m. for lessons, the first thing he would say was, “You mustn’t try to be a master. Just be a good student, and ...

Nabeel Khan, grandson of Ustad Sabri Khan, aims to revive the sarangi's prominence. He believes the instrument's unique ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Renowned tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain passed away on Monday at the age of 73 in a San Francisco hospital, his family confirmed. Hussain had been battling complications from ...

For many years before I met Raghu Rai, I encountered him through his images. My first introduction to his work came through his extraordinary photographs of India’s great classical musicians — M.S.

New Delhi: Those who knew tabla maestro Alla Rakha rarely called him by name. He was “abbaji”, which means father in Urdu, to his disciples, admirers, and peers. Even singers and composers today refer ...

Voted #1 Rising-Star Guitarist in the 2013 DownBeat Critics Poll and subsequently placed in the “Top-Ten Guitarists” alongside luminaries Bill Frisell and Pat Metheny, guitarist and composer Rez ...

There are some voices you grow up with, and then there are voices that grow with you. Asha Bhosle was one of the latter. Her passing feels less like the end of an era and more like the quiet closing ...

Can AI Understand a Raga? Aarshin Karande on Music, Machines and Meaning In an era where algorithms increasingly shape culture, Aarshin Karande stands at an unlikely crossroads – between the ancient ...