Arts/Music
Jodhpur RIFF 2023: Where melodies get sculpted in time, and memory
Jodhpur RIFF 2023 — a grand celebration of Roots — transforms the historic Mehrangarh Fort into a melting pot of global musical traditions, featuring eclectic performances, from folk fusion to rock, by acts around the world
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Sannidhi Vaidyanathan: ‘Mridangam gives me the joy of rhythm’
The grand-daughter of eminent exponent of Bharatanatyam Saroja Vaidyanathan and daughter of well-known Bharatnatyam danseuse Rama Vaidyanathan is poised to make her debut mridangam solo recital in Delhi on September 2, in the presence of her guru Ramamoorthy Sriganesh
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Songs for the Other: Priya Darshini on Her Grammy Nomination
The New York-based singer and songwriter who has been nominated for the Grammy award for her debut album, Periphery, under the New Age album category, talks about her musical journey
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Ankur Tewari: ‘I’m a hoarder of feelings and emotions’
For the singer-songwriter, his music is an expression of who he is, and his songs are the time stamps on the milestones in his life
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Review: Dweezil Zappa’s Hot Rats and Other Hot Stuff
Musical renegade Frank Zappa’s oldest son, Dweezil, has been touring his father’s music as “Zappa plays Zappa”, to keep his eclectic catalogue alive and to revive Frank’s music in a fresh context, since 2006
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Billie Eilish: A Star is Born
The latest pop sensation, who won the five Grammys, lives, and makes music, on her own terms, defying the conventions of gender or genre
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Elton John: My Gift is My Song
At 72, one of the world’s most iconic pop stars finds happiness at home
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And The Thunder Rolls: My Bob Dylan Story
Where there is Dylan there is legend, greatness and fecundity. There is also present, lurking behind the shades, a glint of profound mischief. The Rolling Thunder tour film is a shining example.
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Asian Dub Foundation: Super Sonic
Steve Chandra Savale, lead guitarist and co-founder of the British electronica band Asian Dub Foundation, talks about the band's 1998 album, Rafi’s Revenge, a pot-pourri of jungle beats, breakbeat and bhangra, 21 years after it was released
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I let my ear guide me to sounds I like: Shubh Saran
Guitarist and composer Shubh Saran, who recently performed at the Udaipur World Music Festival, says he drifts more towards music that straddles multiple styles and cultures
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Udaipur World Music Festival celebrates diversity
The curtain rises on the third edition of the three-day Udaipur World Music Festival on February 9
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The Sound of Music
Notes from The Sacred Pushkar 2017: An experiential festival highlights the celestial nature of music
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Jishnu Guha: The Long Short
Jishnu Guha is an unlikely frontman with a moniker and a band name that is distinctly sidekick: Short Round. But he’someone who’s reconfiguring the pace of the Indian music scene.
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Simon Thacker: Reimagining Rhythms
Scottish guitar virtuoso and composer Simon Thacker, who performed at The Sacred Pushkar in December 2017, on reimagining musical landscapes and reinventing ragas
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Grammy-winner rapper Lil Jon to perform in India for the first time
American record producer and rapper Lil Jon, known for his role in creating and popularising the southern movement and lifestyle known as Crunk, will perform at The LaLiT New Delhi’s nightclub, Kitty Su on May 20
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On the record: Vijay Nair, Only Much Louder founder and CEO, on his journey so far
For Vijay Nair, booking headliners and acts is an art. He says there’s not much entrepreneurship happening in the creative industry and adds that at OML, there is definite interest and motive in discovering new bands and putting them out there. An interview:
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‘I transform, re-manipulate western traditions of music’
Belgian saxophonist and composer Fabrizio Cassol on his new collaborative projects, creative process and more
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We try to make entertaining songs and people connect: Maati Baani
Mumbai-based World Music band Maati Baani performed at the first edition of the Ranthambore Festival in January. They share with The Punch the ebb and flow of their creative journey, their experiments with music and their global collaborations
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Joy of Music: Notes from the Mahindra Blues Festival 2017
The annual blues pilgrimage in Mumbai scored high with a range of eclectic acts and celebrated crooners: Blackstratblues to Blu, Janiva Magness to Grainne Duffy, Shemekia Copeland to Billy Gibbons. A round-up.
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The Universe Has a Strange Sense of Humour by Blackstratblues
Blackstratblues is among the select Blues bands that are constantly pushing the genre into the mainstream. Warren Mendonsa is a living legend, but with a decidedly unassuming demeanour.
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Tracker by Mark Knopfler
Tracker is like a tracking device on Knopfler, who seems to be travelling on a highway, singing songs of a bygone time
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