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

Recently, the legendary actor and classical dancer won hearts when she performed to Carnatic music in Chennai. While musician Girijashankar Sundaresa crooned, the veteran performer's on-point ...

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 ...

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 ...

Singer Mahathi S may have found initial limelight due to her film hits, but her calling is with Carnatic music, she says and adds that for her to get to where she is, it took her well over a decade.

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 ...

His talent is unquestionable, as a melodious vocalist rich his thorough knowledge of Carnatic music grammar. However, he failed to recognise that the Carnatic music tradition, form and its ...