Desh, a word that many would relate in the Indian context only to terms such as country, nation and nation state, has in fact other connotations too. In musical parlance, it appears as the name of a ...

When we go to listen to a sitar or sarod or sarangi recital, how many of us know anything about the instrument? The fact is that most of us are not familiar at all with the structure of the instrument ...

LAHORE, July 16: Shakir Ali Museum, a subsidiary of Pakistan National Council of Arts, is going to initiate an instrumental music class from 20th July to promote the dying art of Sarangi playing, ...

LAHORE: Three instrumentalists who have performed at national and international platforms for a long time have underlined the need to frequently hold instrumental music festivals to promote ...

The haunting sound of the traditional sarangi will be followed by a dazzling display of Indian slide guitar. A breathtaking solo tabla performance will precede a magical sitar recital. Now in its ...

The pantheon of Hindustani instruments includes some that play a dual role. They provide accompaniment and can also feature as solo instruments. Of these, the role of the harmonium and the tabla as ...

Sample this. Former Police singer Sting used Indian flute in one of his songs. Recently, in a Hollywood flick, Music and Lyrics starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, there was a sequence of a ...

Mumbai, Feb 3: Sarangi maestro Pandit Ram Narayan has been chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi classical music award for 2015-2016, Maharashtra’s Cultural Affairs Minister ...