Some ragas belong to some musicians. Sahana to MDR, Sankarabharanam to M.S., Marwa to Amir Khan and Bhoop to Kishori Amonkar. Kishori Amonkar's commercial release of Bhoop with the teentaal bandish, ...

I remember Kishori Amonkar saying that she always waited for the raga to appear in front of her before she could sing. Dhoondna which is Hindi for ‘searching’ is the term Amonkar used to explain this.

To celebrate the 60th birthday of Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, an eminent classical vocal maestro of the sub-continent and the Principal of Bengal Parampara Sangeetalay (BPS), Bengal Foundation arranged a ...

Every raga of the Hindustani classical music pantheon has swaras or notes that give it its unique stamp. But “the essence of Indian music” lies in the in-between notes called shrutis, a part of the ...

Songs are the most precious heritage of mankind. What makes a song endure, with its music, words and rhythm, is that special moment of divine inspiration... In the same intuitive way, the ‘thought’ or ...