Ideas Without Boundaries.
He recites T.S. Eliot with the same ease with which he plays the sarod. A linguist, who once fooled a diverse array of people from different States of India by speaking their own dialect flawlessly, he is also a highly accomplished singer who was invited Read More …
Ruma Hawkins had promised singer Shreya Ghoshal that she would do a show for her and kept her promise as Ruma and Shaandar entertainment joined hands and brought the show A Tribute to Legends featuring Ghoshal, singer par excellence Parthiv Gohil and Ayub Patel to Read More …
They say a good journalist is one who presents an unbiased picture of any event or story he or she writes. Let me say at the onset, on a personal level, I’m totally biased where Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his wonderful music is concerned. Read More …
“I realized that giving is something that no one can take away from you. The rewards of giving go far beyond money and material things. Giving is something you will be able to take with you wherever you go for the rest of your life.” Read More …
When you think of melody and meditation Shiv Kumar Sharma’s music should automatically come to mind. When you think of percussion perfection there is no greater icon of tabla than Zakir Hussain. When you bring them together on stage as Emory University’s Department for Asian Read More …
The sensitive fingers caress the silver strings; a shower of magical notes intoxicates the enraptured audience; music comes alive when strummed by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Amjad Ali Khan’s great grandfather Ghulam Bandagi Khan Bangash, a soldier of fortune, came from Afghanistan with the instrument Read More …
The voice soars to unbelievable octaves, and its versatility and diversity, power and range has catapulted Sonu Nigam to the top spot among formidable talents of the Indian music scene. And just when you stop dropping your jaw at that he floors you with his Read More …
Material success and fame are very temporary things. His father, Manas Mukherjee, was a well respected music composer who gave music for stellar movies like Shayad and Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai, but struggled in Bombay till his untimely death. For son Shantanu, Read More …
The word ’improvisation’ to me means to never stop. As he enters the stage, the atmosphere is electrified. The roar of the crowd and an endless standing ovation seems to move him as he clasps his hands together in acknowledgment at a recent sold out Read More …
Not only is he one of those rare artists trained both in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, he is multilingual and sings in different languages and genres with equal facility. Be it light classical, pop, heavy classical, ghazals or English numbers, be it fusion music Read More …