He has not just mastered the aesthetics but also the history of his gharana. When tabla exponent Pt. Yogesh Samsi talks about music, it moves beyond performances. Training in the formative years, he ...

London-born tabla virtuoso Talvin Singh is spinning a DJ set tonight, after a year of live performances. As he returns to Mumbai, Bhairavi Jhaveri finds out why what he composes is linked to his stay ...

The recently held Patiala Heritage Festival reminded one that the region (geographically not as we know it today) has been the cradle of culture in North India. Bharatha’s Natya Shastra was put ...

The pakhawaj, a percussion instrument used in Hindustani music and in certain kinds of religious music, has also been called mridang or mrudang (not to be confused with the mridangam that is used in ...

Original and creative, sitar player Manu Seen is undeniably a young face of music in this region and a legend in the making. For Manu Seen, it was only natural to be what he is today — a brilliant ...

Patiala gharana exponents Avtar Kaur perform at the heritage festival “The style of singing in Patiala gharana is a bit difficult. Promotion of folk songs and other Punjabi songs is the main reason ...