At two years old, Rahul Vellal wasn’t humming absent-mindedly—he was identifying devotional and film songs. Up to 50 of them.

And sharing his tips for new musicians who would like to blend styles of music, he says, “Learn each style of music ...

Film music (especially South Indian) plays a significant role in bhakti and devotion. The success of early movies was ...

Shankar Mahadevan Academy is introducing a thoughtful and innovative initiative for music learners — Riyaz Rewards™, a ...

Violinist R.K. Shriramkumar receives the Sangita Kalanidhi award, while N. Rajam inspires students at Chennai's Music Academy ...

With roots spanning Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and Canada, and a musical journey that blends Carnatic, Hindustani and Western ...

The Tamil language’s fate rests on the shoulders of the community, as tradition meets modern technology. This column calls ...

When you walk into the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, located in the heart of Kolkata, you are humbled. You immediately feel the weight of history the place hold ...

On track in 2026 Perhaps keeping up with his New Year resolutions, a man performs Surya Namaskar near the railway workshop at ...

Madhavan Geetam, “Krishna’s Flute,” was a show of South Indian classical music and dance presented by the Time Will Tell Arts ...

At the Serendipity Arts Festival’s tenth edition in Goa, percussionist and curator Bickram Ghosh advanced a compelling cultural argument—that tradition survives not by standing still, but by learning ...