Bhakti poet Andal, Marathi mystic Dhyaneshwar and Tamil poet Subramania Bharati have all used birds as rich metaphorical ...

Musicians should have the right to own their soulful additions to a song and also to commercially exploit their performance ...

Recently, the legendary actor and classical dancer won hearts when she performed to Carnatic music in Chennai. While musician ...

Her session offered a deep dive into the significance of padams and javalis in Carnatic music, particularly as expressed through the Dhanammal family tradition. She recounted her experience of ...

The Music Academy’s conferment of the Sangita Kalanidhi title on TM Krishna and the divide among the Carnatic music fraternity has now spread to other sections of the society and even stoked ...

Carnatic musicians in the southern Indian city of Chennai have often been accused of being elitist and upper caste. Their music is traditionally set to songs composed by Hindu devotional poets of ...

We need a fluid social address in every field. If Carnatic music stays relevant, audiences will come. It’s not about gimmicks like adding a keyboard or drums — young people aren’t dumb.