July 16, 2010
Well we side stepped when we posted about Johnny Lever’s stand up shows. So we thought, why not, the part Asian part Alien, Russell Peters. He is awesomely funny and is performing across the country along with shows in Canada and Jordan. Dont miss this chance to catch him live or else ‘Somebody’s [...]
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July 5, 2010
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan – the name is synonymous with the Sarod. Truly a worldclass exponent of the Sarod and a master of Hindustani Classical Sangeet.
He is one of very few Indians who has received the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan. He was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in [...]
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May 1, 2010
Once you start listening to him, his voice goes in your soul, goes in your spirit, and you become extremely weak and succumb to the joyous pleasure of his vocals. He says “I feel that this music is my duty, to go and give the message of Sufism. My future is that one day I [...]
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April 30, 2010
Unnikrishnan was initiated into Carnatic Music at age of 12 by Seshadri, Unnikrishnan. The rest, as they say, is history.
It was in 1994 that he received his first film offer and the very first songs, ‘Ennavalae’ (Kaadalan) and ‘Uyirum Neeye’ (Pavitra) bagged him the National Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He can be credited [...]
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March 28, 2010
‘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 [...]
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March 26, 2010
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 [...]
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March 22, 2010
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 [...]
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March 20, 2010
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 [...]
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March 20, 2010
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 [...]
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March 20, 2010
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 [...]
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