Why a 19th-century king’s music still provokes doubt and dispute in the Carnatic world

For decades, sceptics have doubted Swathi Thirunal’s existence or the works credited to him. One scholar believes his recent ...
The Hindu

How social media impacts Carnatic music: TM Krishna and R.K. Sriramkumar in conversation

R.K. Sriramkumar explores the old versus new in Carnatic music, the role of bhajans and abhangs, and why preserving the Carnatic sound is important. Producer: Chitra Swaminathan Video: Shivaraj S and ...

Young Carnatic Vocalist Vignesh Shankarnarayanan Draws Full Houses Across Shows in Mumbai

Mumbai's Carnatic music circuit witnessed three engaging and musically absorbing evenings as 24-year-old city-based vocalist Vignesh Shankarnarayanan presented a short concert series across Mulund, ...
Opinion

How musician Aditya Prakash Turned Immigration Politics into Music

I n LA-based musician Aditya Prakash’s album Isolashun (2023), a slow and bruised ditty titled XenoF.O.B draws from Wajid Ali Shah’s pangs of separation in the famed Babul mora naihar chhuto hi jaaye ...
The Hindu

Carnatic musician ‘Madurai’ Mani Iyer’s Mayiladuthurai home symbolises lasting bond between great music and fine food

At Dubash Agraharam in Mayiladuthurai stands a beautiful house that symbolises the enduring bond between great music and fine food. Believed to be over a hundred years old, it retains its original ...