CHENNAI: How would you feel listening to the famous Tamil carnatic song Enna Thavam Seidane and the mesmeric Hindi bhajan Raghupathi Raghav Rajaram delivered in a single piece? Wouldn’t that leave you ...

Gone are the days when Margazhi was all about classical Carnatic music kutcheries entertaining only a select audience. CHENNAI: Gone are the days when Margazhi was all about classical Carnatic music ...

Ambi Subramaniam may have been born into a rich legacy of Carnatic music, but he didn’t take it for granted. His parents, noted violinist Dr L Subramaniam and singer Kavita Krishnamurthy wouldn’t ...

Sathyanarayanan has been proving that even the keyboard could be adapted to play Indian classical music. Like his guru, the late Mandolin U Shrinivas, who showed the world that Carnatic music could be ...

“The only mystery in life is why the Kamikaze pilots wore helmets,” said Al McGuire. Other mysteries are right up there too — why khayal performers use the harmonium to accompany their incredibly ...

Musician Shanker Krishnan unveils 'Confluence: Raga and Counterpoint,' a unique album blending Carnatic and Western classical music. Drawing from his dual upbringing, Krishnan explores the intricate ...

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It is that time of the year in Chennai when the city goes Carnatic. The December event, popularly called the Margazhi music season after the Tamil month, is only four years from completing a century.

The famed musicologist Vishnu Narain Bhatkhande (1860-1936) trashed Carnatic music on the concert platform as cacophonic after a visit to the South ostensibly on a mission to study the melakarta ...

“It is not a fusion concert, but an artistic collaboration, where two diverse forms converse with each other, challenging many established notions while retaining the aesthetics of each style,’’ said ...