Witnessing Karma Sheen live is transcendental. The gritty tone of a ’60s Les Paul melds with the unmistakable sparkling sound of the sitar, as frontman Sameer Khan switches between vocals, harmonium, ...

Somewhere between the chaos of tempo rubato in electronic music and the symmetry of classical compositions, there is an undefined sonic space where infinite creative possibilities are waiting to be ...

Delhi-based startup RaagaPay claims to be “India’s first ethical Indian classical music dataset for AI”, specifically ...

Dayanita Singh first photographed feted Hindustani Classical musician Zakir Hussain when she was 18. Over the next 43 years, ...

Begum Parween Sultana is a name that resonates with grandeur in the world of hindustani classical music. A child prodigy who grew into one of the most celebrated vocalists of the Patiala gharana, she ...

In an era dominated by contemporary sounds, Raaga Experience is on a mission to bring the profound beauty of Hindustani classical music back into the spotlight. With a focus on lost forms and ...

After the evening’s final applause, silence fell onto the crowd at Bing Studio. As the performers walked off stage, the woman next to me broke the tension: “Was that it? It went too fast.” In many ...

You can live all your life in a neighbourhood, and not discover its secrets. Coming across the names of Dombivli, Thakurli, Mulund, in a book about a Hindustani classical great was both a surprise, ...

Abhijit Pohankar has shaped his career around a niche that many classical musicians tend to sidestep — the demanding space where Hindustani tradition meets Western influences and Hindi film music. A ...

Flautist Pandit Ajay Prasanna and Pandit Abhishek Mishra on the tabla at Evenings Unplugged in Delhi. Hindustani classical vocalist Ronkini Gupta sings Ae Ri Aali Piya Bin, a Raag Yaman bandish, and ...