‘The Blue Mug’ is a devised piece of theatre in which actors Rajat Kapoor, Sheeba Chadha, Munish Bhardwaj and Vinay Pathak go down the path of their personal memories – their childhood, adolescence and youth, and also immediate past in their middle age. The play depicts the larger canvas of Indian memory through monologues and [...]
What can we say more about this artist that a Classical fusion music lover wouldn’t already know. We know that most of our wonderful readers definitely do fall under that category.
Her work now is notable for the way she has applied her expertise as a very fine Indian classical musician, and the profundity [...]
Vocal music is one of the oldest and most universal art forms. A discovery and celebration of one such voice is Padmashri Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam. His music transcends all barriers – linguistic, geographical and chronological.
Blessed with an adorable voice and impeccable musical skills, SPB was never trained to be a singer. A young, Telugu-speaking lad [...]
Sukhwinder Singh is the singer for the academy award winning song Jai Ho. He started his singing career in mid 80′s. He started his career with the movie Karma and since then has gone on to sing songs for movies like Dil Se, which won him a filmfare award for best singer to Rab Ne [...]
A Maestro means one who combines unique musicianship and immense virtuosity. Padmashri U.Srinivas has proved that he fulfils this to the hilt. A rather inconspicuous member of the western orchestra, Srinivas has revived and raised the mandolin, an unknown instrument and given it a respectable status in classical music. His music acumen has assumed many [...]
Raghav first made his mark with his single ‘So Confused’ which was released in 2004 and made it to No. 4 on the UK singles charts. This was followed by ‘Cant get enough’ and ‘Lets work it out’ which made to UK Singles chart Top 20.
Finally after couple of singles came his big [...]
Drawing inspiration from the classical Indian arts, Talvin Singh first came to prominence as tabla percussionist in the 1980s London music scene. Whilst still in his mid teens, Singh traveled to India to earn pupilage from Acharya Pandit Laxman Singh, master tabla maestro of the Punjab school. This period made an indelible mark on the [...]
‘Prasanna is a living hope for quality music’ – A.R. Rahman
How can you play Carnatic music on a guitar? A question that was on everyone’s mind when Prasanna daringly took one of the world’s most ancient musical forms on one of the world’s most modern instruments – the electric guitar! 20 years on, the question [...]
“Sudha Raghunathan is always supremely sure of herself, of her technique and the depth of quality in her music – all of which enables her to shine continuously through the seasons” – The Indian Express.
Padmashri Sudha Raghunathan has represented the Carnatic discipline of music at several International Festivals conducted at various venues. She had the [...]
RDB (an acronym for Rhythm, Dhol, Bass) are a Punjabi DJ production team consisting of three brothers: Kuly, Manj and Surj ya punda, who blend western genres with traditional Punjabi beats and vocals. They are popular for their work in bollywood movies like Namaste London and Singh is King.
RDB is coming to UT [...]
