Vasundhara Vee discusses her recent collaboration with Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Vasundhara Vee discusses her recent collaboration with Sabyasachi Mukherjee

At Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s landmark fashion show celebrating his silver jubilee, the grand finale was set to the stirring anthem ‘Amro Korbo Joy… Nischehoy’ (‘We Shall Overcome’). The powerful rendition came from Vasundhara Vee, India’s well known jazz, soul, and R&B singer. Speaking to The Hindu over a video call a week after the event, Vasundhara says this collaboration […]

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jazz and raga album by Indian American pianist Charu Suri

jazz and raga album by Indian American pianist Charu Suri

Charu Suri | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Charu Suri’s voice comes across the air waves from Verona, New Jersey, as clear and crisp as the spring morning she has just woken up to. We chat about the unrelenting summer in India, a time that the Madurai-born, Chennai-raised Charu remembers as a season of mangoes and […]

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‘See-tar’: An instrument merging Jazz with Indian Classical music

‘See-tar’: An instrument merging Jazz with Indian Classical music

Purbayan Chatterjee strikes a pose with his ‘see-tar’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee’s YouTube channel’s description reads ‘Sitar Explorer‘. In his latest single, Two-Thirds, released on March 26, Purbayan explores a curious instrument – a ‘see-tar‘. The instrument looks like a transparent sitar made out of plexi glass or methyl methacrylate. […]

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