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Prateek Kuhad Reflects on a Decade in Music Ahead of India Tour

Stressing that performing live has always promised a peculiar high, the singer-songwriter remembers his last long tour in India in the year 2022…writes Sukant Deepak Believe it or not, this songwriter and

17 July 2024

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Roshan: The Man Who Brought Classical Music to Bollywood

Roshan deservedly was deemed to be the foremost exponent of the filmi qawwali, but his oeuvre was not limited to this form – it appears in just half-a-dozen of his 67 films…reports

15 July 2024

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Aftab Shivdasani Ventures into Musical Horror with ‘Kasoor’

Aftab made his debut as a leading actor in 1999 with ‘Mast’, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. He subsequently appeared in films such as ‘Kasoor’, ‘Awara Paagal Deewana’, ‘Hungama’, and ‘Masti’…reports Asian

27 June 2024

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Remembering Shamshad Begum

Hindi films’ first female playback superstar, Shamshad Begum held her own against existing singers like the classically trained Ameerbai Karnataki and Zohrabai Ambalewali and singing actresses like Noor Jehan and Suraiya. In

15 April 2024

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‘Lyrics Are My Driving Force’

Fascinated by Sufi, the singer whose first experience of it was when she accompanied Abida Parveen during the debut edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau in the national capital recounts that while she was singing

27 March 2024

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Bhangra Nation: A Musical Celebration of Identity and Unity Takes Birmingham by Storm

When a huge row changes the team forever, students Mary and Preeti start on journeys of discovery into what they stand for and who they want to be…reports Asian Lite News Bhangra

5 March 2024

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Dastaan Live: A Musical Journey Through the Voices of Masters

Ghosh, who also teaches at Ashoka University, and runs an NGO along with his partner at the Nizamuddin slums in Delhi, says that only those people inclined with their social and political

29 February 2024

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A Musical Tapestry from Beethoven to Sufi, Jazz to Multiverse

For Russian-born American vocalist and trumpeter Ilya Serov, the segue into jazz from his formal education in classical music at St. Petersburg Conservatory was a natural move because music needs no labels.

29 January 2024

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Soulful Echoes

Pandit Vishwanath took center stage on day two, presenting soulful Thumris and poignant Dadras, leaving the audience captivated…reports Asian Lite News The music of Thumri and Dadra resonated through the Kamani Auditorium

8 January 2024

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Dissolving Boundaries Through Music and Art

Talking about the group’s process, singer Swati Minaxi stresses they try to be aware, transparent and be a medium, let songs take their shape, and try to not chase anything…writes Sukant Deepak

14 December 2023

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