The 72 melakarta system is a unique feature of Carnatic music and has existed for several centuries. The present standardised system that is popularly used is said to have been formulated by ...

From Todi in Carnatic to Bhairavi in Hindustani, the Canadian singer gives audiences a whiff of numerous notes. 73 Questions’ is a viral video sensation, which poses snappy questions to the biggest ...

Not many know of the intricate connection between the 17th century Tamil epic written by Umaru Pulavar and Carnatic music. CHENNAI: The first few verses of ‘Seera Puranam’ rendered by singer Kumari ...

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not seem ...

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He was a child when he began listening avidly to Telugu film songs; that was in the 1960s and 70s. It was only much later when he was 40 that he began learning Carnatic music. Now, 62-year-old Dr ...

Every year, as the December Carnatic music season picks up momentum, a frequent topic of discussion is the place of sahitya in Carnatic music. Is sahitya central or secondary? Instrumentalists of high ...

How many of us have marvelled at the effective use of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burrana in the advertisement for a popular after shave? Neither can we think of one of India’s most iconic watch brands ...

This festive season, my thoughts have turned to the overload of cheerful greetings and social media chatter. On television channels, there is a surfeit of programming on the latest film releases, but, ...