How rare musical genres link the past and the present
Indian music has a wealth of genres that have evolved and developed over the centuries. These forms have witnessed the ...
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With Raga Fest, classical Indian music takes root in a surprising venue
With the first RootStock Raga Fest on Saturday, Feb. 15, Sameer Gupta has prepared a musical feast at Medicine for Nightmares ...
A classical-folk jugalbandi in Virginia!
The unique fusion concert of Dhrupad and Rajasthani folk music had the American-Indian audience jumping up to sway to the irresistible beat ...
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Ravi Shankar – Symphony – Finale: Banjara (excerpt)
Two of the key ideas of Hindustani classical music (raga and tala) are found in the finale of Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. The sitar and orchestra play melodies based on a raga (a pattern or ...
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A Bay Area Boy Finds His Musical Passion
I formed an extensive file in my mind of all that I learned about Hindustani classical music and its nuances: the frameworks of thaats and ragas, strict adherence to rhythmic cycles, and the room ...
Singer Indrani Mukherjee on how thumri creates a visual poetry
In 2008, Indrani began learning from Pt Ramashraya Jha and vidushi Manju Sundaram. Through this path, she imbibed the essence of the Agra gharana style of singing.
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KS2: Ravi Shankar – Symphony – finale (excerpt)
Two of the key ideas of Hindustani classical music (raga and tala) are found in the finale of Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. The sitar and orchestra play melodies based on a raga (a pattern or ...