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A vocalist trained in Hindustani Classical and Carnatic music. A keyboardist with roots established in R&B and Fusion. A prospect of producing a vocal demo. A cold November afternoon in 2012 broug...Read More
Art doesn’t have a language and Indian bands have been showcasing their creativity through numerous regional dialects. There are different tunes in every corner, each unique yet slotting seamlessly ...Read More
In today’s techno world where everything is accessible, there is an ascendant hunger for the fresh. With independent music producers and companies moonwalking on to the mainstream stage and praising...Read More
Childish Gambino’s This is America is a piece of revolutionary art released into the numbed crude world of American pop music. Retaining its position at the top of the Billboard 100 for two consecut...Read More
Music is the only life Pradyumna Singh Manot has known. Starting off with studying the piano at the age of six, he has traversed the world of Western Classical, Indian Classical, Latin, Jazz, and Lati...Read More
Tanvi Shah dons many hats. Besides singing in more than fifteen Indian and international languages, she is an eco-conscious jewellery and interior designer. She wrote and lent her voice to the Spanish...Read More
“All for One, One for All” – no, we’re not talking about The Three Musketeers – the motto dictates the sounds for composer, arranger, vocalist, and drummer Jamison Ross. A strong bel...Read More
“In the 21st century, culture is power,” – Park Geun-hye. USD 319.9 million was the government’s budget for the Korean wave (Hallyu) in 2014, and USD 11.6 billion the boost to the Kore...Read More
“Jazz has a glorious history in India – right from the grand ballrooms of colonial India to that momentous time in 1935, when Leon Abbey brought the first 8-piece band to Mumbai,” discerns T...Read More
The second edition of Ranthambore Festival is back with a scintillating lineup of music performances after a successful debut last year. Hosted by Nahargarh Palace, Ranthambore, from January 19 to 21,...Read More
Tomorrowland. Ultra Music Festival. Global Gathering. EDM is tuning up a storm worldwide. Pushing the envelope further, Live With A Boom collective Mn’JAM Experiment amalgamate electric, electronic,...Read More
The Piano Man Jazz Club is back with its music festival, Giants of Jazz. Hosting the third edition with Lock & Key, the two performance spaces are set to make you swoon over unadulterated jazz all...Read More
It’s that time of the year again, no, we’re not talking about Christmas. It’s time to tune in, get grooving, and revel in that electric vibe…you get where we’re going, t’is is the season o...Read More
I’m no authority on music, and I’m not claiming to be one. But as someone who happens to plan (and attend) a lot of weddings, I think it’s only fair I get a say in this. I have heard it ...Read More
Deep. Emotive. Euphoric. That is how the sincere, spirited, and fearless Avantika Bakshi describes her beat mixes. Armed with a business degree and following her family’s footsteps through the world...Read More
Director. Musician. Entrepreneur. EFT Practitioner. Author. Ritnika Nayan has donned many hats in the last 16 years. Kick-starting her journey in 2001 as a fresh-faced, first-year undergrad, Nayan wen...Read More
The year 2007 was mega for India: Taj Mahal topped the list of the Seven Wonders of the World. India got its first woman president. India won the first Twenty20 World Tournament. 2007 was also when BL...Read More
Here’s to another round of tracks I recently discovered! This selection is a little different from the last – it leans toward the casual, chill, laid-back vibe that turns into the house party rage...Read More
Unpredictable. Fun. Adventurous. That is how Vijay Nair defines his 15-year journey with Only Much Louder (OML). Member of the coveted fraternity of college dropouts who made it large, Nair founded OM...Read More
Dev Bhatia. The demeanor may be muted, but the man has spearheaded the UnMute revolution for the country’s independent music scene – and made it blaze loud & clear. Co-Founders of the coun...Read More
“We didn’t know each other, but music brought us together,” says Raghav Dang on how the three founding members of Reggae Rajahs, Zorawar Shukla, Mohammed Abood, and Dang, came together. It was l...Read More
Uninterrupted tipples, smashing nibbles, live music, and stellar company; welcome to our ideal Friday night. Famous in the city for their chock-a-block Saturday nights, Fio is expanding their musical ...Read More
A thriving corporate career relinquished to pursue a passion project. You may have heard this trajectory a dime a dozen, however, it is rare that the passion seeks the man rather than the man seeking ...Read More
In a land far far away from the maddening crowds, sparkly club lights, auto corrected tunes, breathes a community of musicians eagerly waiting to be heard. Their music – a rant, a take or just a...Read More
