Musicians’ growing penchant for manodharma has now reduced concerts to very few songs.

Carnatic musicians in the southern Indian city of Chennai have often been accused of being elitist and upper caste. Their music is traditionally set to songs composed by Hindu devotional poets of ...

Musicians should have the right to own their soulful additions to a song and also to commercially exploit their performance ...

Bhakti poet Andal, Marathi mystic Dhyaneshwar and Tamil poet Subramania Bharati have all used birds as rich metaphorical ...

Carnatic singer T M Krishna has been redefining his art by breaking traditional norms and exploring contemporary themes. He began questioning his practices in 2001 and changed his performance ...

“That’s the height in feet of the mountains I’ve summited,” says the Carnatic singer. So far for Krishna, it’s been eight mountains, six summits and six tattoos. Krishna climbs a ...

Part II of the series on artistes, who have been trendsetters in the world of Indian classical arts, in the words of authors ...

Eminent carnatic vocalist, music teacher and academic Kamalakshi Omanakutty Amma, who is honoured with Padma Shri, is a household name in the minds of music buffs in Kerala. Popularly known as K ...

Controversy and division erupted when carnatic vocalist TM Krishna was nominated as the 2024 recipient for highest accolade in Carnatic music, the MS Subbulakshmi Sangitha Kalanidhi Award. Objections ...

Their collaboration, titled Unison: A Carnatic Odyssey, promises a mesmerizing exploration of Carnatic music, showcasing ...