[ad_1] Through the first week of March, strains of ‘Cruel Summer’ and ‘Karma’ have echoed through the streets of Singapore. “It feels like a Taylor Swift festival here. I can hear her songs everywhere,” says Shreya Sridhar, a marketing and communications consultant who flew down from Chennai to Singapore, to attend the singer’s The Eras […]
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[ad_1] Vineet Singh Hukmani | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT When creating music for your soul, there are no rules, says Vineet Singh Hukmani. Though his stint with music started during his college days, he became a professional singer-songwriter only in 2021. Within a span of just three years, Hukmani has received tremendous global exposure. With […]
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[ad_1] Crowds at Lollapalooza India in 2023 Come January 27 and 28, Mumbai will once again play host to Lollapalooza, one of the world’s biggest music festivals. In its second edition, Lollapalooza India has an artiste line-up that includes Sting, Jonas Brothers, Halsey, Lauv, OneRepublic and The Rose. Nearly 40 artistes will be performing across […]
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[ad_1] A Fado performance | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Serenaded by floral gardens, a path unfolds, guiding visitors to the iconic yellow balcao of Solar Loiola Pereira in Benaulim. Rhythmic beats echo from the ghumot, a local clay drum in Goa. As the sun dips, casting a radiant glow upon the Azulejo tiles, Omar De […]
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[ad_1] Ronan Keating | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When he was about 17 years old, Ronan Keating and his mates from Boyzone, a pop group on the cusp of global stardom with their 1995 debut album Said and Done, took their first ever long-haul international flight all the way to Bangkok. Ronan recalls now, over […]
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[ad_1] Singer Abhishek Raghuram, and a cryptic AI-generated version of an image of artiste | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Try it with me once…just once. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.” I don’t know if Madrasana founder Mahesh Venkateswaran is convincing me or himself, but colour me intrigued. He goes on, as if […]
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[ad_1] The story of how a globally recognised business leader became a Grammy nominated singer and humanitarian, is one filled with love and laughter. Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon, the first Indian woman to make partner at the US-based management consulting company McKinsey, and older sister of former Pepsico Chief Indra Nooyi, went on a soul-searching journey […]
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[ad_1] When Shruti Haasan talks about her music, she is candid, and introspective. “It is very personal,” she says. “I like playing in the shadows, the darkness people avoid. That’s where I found my solace and peace… as a musician, human being, and a woman.” We meet the the actor, singer, and composer at a […]
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[ad_1] Attendees at a prior edition of Ziro Festival | Photo Credit: Mohit Sharma An amalgamation of all things musical, from the calming notes of Indian classical music and the rhythm of Indonesian troubadour to the beats of electronic music, will greet attendees at the upcoming Ziro Festival of Music in Arunachal Pradesh’s famed town. […]
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[ad_1] Outfits from Label Erode’s debit collection, jimikkalam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Once a prominent decor artefact, the tightly knit jamakkalam carpets in bright shades of navy blue, red, green, and white now don a new avatar courtesy Mayank Bhutra’s label, Erode. The GI-tagged Bhavani jamakkalam, crafted in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district is on […]
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