BwT (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
This is one of my all time favorite: This include all time great artistes and Ustad Zakir Hussain accompanying all of them on Tabla. He teams up with Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia on Flute, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan on Sarod, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma on Santoor, Ustad Vilayat Khan on Sitar, Pandit Ravi...
glbl | 06/08/2008
A 'jugalbandi' between sitar and flute is being specially arranged on Sunday, 8 June 2008 at 6:30pm for the visiting faculty and students of the College of William and Mary from Virginia, USA, who are in Goa to attend a five-week summer programme A ’JUGALBANDI’ between sitar and flute is being specially arranged on Sunday, 8 June 2008 at 6:30pm for the visiting faculty and students of the College
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
To hear Kishan Maharaj or his contemporary Ustad Alla Rakha play tabla – the two-piece hand drum now synonymous with the Hindustani art music of northern India – meant you knew you were in the presence of musical giants. It would be difficult to overestimate Maharaj's reputation as the living embodiment of the Benares style of tabla playing.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Pandit Ravi Shankar is very happy that the movie 'Guide 'has been selected to be screened in the classic section at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Maharaj, 85, was undergoing treatment at a hospital in his native town and never recovered from a massive stroke he suffered a week ago.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
In this world, to search is no longer to look for or find but to look amongst options just as to decide is about choosing between options.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
Asha Bhosle, who turns 75 in September, is probably the most recorded singer in history.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
NEW DELHI: Sangeet Natak Akademi and its associate bodies have expressed grief over the demise of sarod maestro Sharan Rani Backliwal who passed away in the Capital on Tuesday. Sharan Rani was born in Delhi in 1929 and received training ...
IndianPad - Popular Stories (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Versatile Hindustani musician Sharan Rani, popularly known as ‘Sarod Rani’, passed away here this morning, a day before her 80th birthday. Rani, the first woman to take up Sarod, breathed her last at her residence at around 8 a.M. After battling cancer for some time, family sources said. A disciple of great music maestros Ustad Allaudin Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, she belongs to the Maihar Senia...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Versatile Hindustani musician Sharan Rani, popularly known as 'Sarod Rani', passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday morning, a day before her 80th birthday.A disciple of great music maestros Ustad Allaudin Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, she belongs to the Maihar Senia gharana and was hailed by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the 'Cultural Ambassador of India'.Rani, a Padma Bhushan awardee who...
SoundRoots (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Master sitar player Ravi Shankar is one of those guys who seems like he's always been there... and not just there, but everywhere (as we noted last year ). To some extent his daughters have taken over the family's portion of the global spotlight, but Ravi's music is still out there, still gaining new listeners. ARC has just released The Best of Ravi Shankar , a three-raag disc, and a few years earlier...
machine project (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Saturday March 22, 2008 Devotional Music Concert – 7pm FREE Sound, Spirit, and Service…all three will be highlighted in Saturday's evening of devotional Indian music at Machine Project. Special guests include Sheela Bringi (vocal and bansuri), Clinton Patterson (trumpet and Rhodes), Carter Wallace (Upright Bass), Rajen Sukhadia (vocals and harmonium), Saroj Sukhadia (manjira) and Robin Sukhadia (tabla)....
machine project (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
This Friday we present a series of Bollywood Film Music videos, projected on the big screen, and then supplemented with live song performances, analysis, and historical/political insight by Rajen Sukhadia. RD Burman, SD Burman, Asha Bosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Rafi, and all the greats will be given due attention. We promise gregarious song and [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
The UK's World Music Network, best known for the famed Rough Guide CD series, announces tours for its most prestigious single-artist label, Riverboat records. From Calcutta, India, slide guitar master Debashish Bhattacharya, and from the drifting sands of the Sahara, Niger's desert blues nomads Etran Finatawa both come to the US in April and May...
machine project (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Saturday March 15th 2pm FREE David Trasoff and Leonice Shinneman, based locally in Los Angeles, share a performance highlighting afternoon ragas on Sarode (the traditional north Indian fretless lute). The performance includes a discussion on the evolution and development of raga. David Trasoff has studied sarode performance and North Indian classical music under maestro Ali Akbar Khan, India’s ‘Living...
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glbl | 06/08/2008
A 'jugalbandi' between sitar and flute is being specially arranged on Sunday, 8 June 2008 at 6:30pm for the visiting faculty and students of the College of William and Mary from Virginia, USA, who are in Goa to attend a five-week summer programme A ’JUGALBANDI’ between sitar and flute is being specially arranged on Sunday, 8 June 2008 at 6:30pm for the visiting faculty and students of the College
