(Standing, from left) Pratika, Krantinaari, HashtagPreeti, MC Mahila, JQueen. (Bottom, left) breakdancers FlowRaw, (right) MGK, (centre) skateboarder Shruti Bhosle | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Growing up, Ashwini Hiremath often visited her native place in Hubballi, Karnataka with her younger sister Vijaylakshmi or putti (meaning small in Kannada), as she is affectionately called. One of their […]
Continue ReadingKeshav Dhanraj, Venky S, Sanam Puri, and Samar Puri` | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A bustling corner of the Phoenix Marketcity mall in Whitefield recently came alive with heartwarming music. The audience — including fans and a few non-fans — witnessed the versatile music of SANAM, a band that has been on the Indian music […]
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Core team (Clockwise from left) Suparna Vontair, Pramod Seshi Roy, Siddharth Bhargav, Bharat Mupanna and Aakriti Bhargav | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When management consultant Siddharth Bhargav returned to Hyderabad after a 10-year stint in Dubai, his passion for music made him embark on a journey that opened new vistas to independent music artistes. With […]
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Amit Kalim, Tuheen Chakravorty, Nikhil Rao, Rahul Ram and Himanshu Joshi | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The indie music renaissance in the Nineties saw a wave of genres and fusion styles coming to the fore. Indian Ocean, the pioneer of fusion music in India, is one of the country’s oldest but most prolific bands. Since […]
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As far as stories of friendships go, it’s hard to beat this one. In 1992, a talented singer named Hariharan (who had burst into the mainstream spotlight with Thamizha Thamizha for A. R Rahman’s debut album in Mani Ratnam’s Roja) met another equally-gifted composer-producer Leslee Lewis to record a jingle for the latter. A couple […]
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Soul-stirring is how one would usually describe music by IndoSoul, but with the band’s latest album Equilibrium, they are looking to do something quite the opposite. Twelve songs shortlisted from about 40 songs, over four years, form the album which comes at a time when the band looks to re-explore its roots post-pandemic. “The time […]
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The performance space at DakshinaChitra, located in Chennai’s ECR, is lit up. As the sea breeze amps up the nip in the air, MS Krsna begins to strum his guitar. The performance is as engaging as it is unique. He chats about the number of dosas that he thinks his grandmother would have made in […]
Continue ReadingThe country’s Indie-sensation Prateek Kuhad’s upcoming multi-city tour is an exploration of the various facets of love is set to rock the stage in India againwith his multi-city tour Indie-sensation Prateek Kuhad’s upcoming multi-city tour is an exploration of the various facets of love The name Prateek Kuhad brings to mind the success story of […]
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The song ‘Chalo Na’, composed and sung by Gowri Bhat, is the latest addition to KaanPhod’s series Mic Test The song ‘Chalo Na’, composed and sung by Gowri Bhat, is the latest addition to KaanPhod’s series Mic Test In the past few years, a myriad of young and independent artists have raised the bar of […]
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Why three solo musicians from three different places decided to tour the country together Why three solo musicians from three different places decided to tour the country together The journey from playing a song to releasing it, and then to meeting someone personally affected by that release, is an emotional arc that all musicians hold […]
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