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 the […]
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After launching Chennai’s first boutique music festival for independent artistes in 2021, the Circle of Love team is back with the second edition of the Circle of Love Festival. Slated to be held later this month, the festival is “a realisation of our late founder Sameer Sethi’s vision,” says DJ Manny aka Manoj Mohan, who […]
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Rima Kallingal in the song ‘Anuraga madhuchashakam’ from Neelavelicham | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Opinion is divided over whether director Aashiq Abu has done justice to Malayalam cinema’s first ever horror-romantic-thriller, Bhargavi Nilayam (1964), with his interpretation, Neelavelicham. With screenplay written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, based on his own short story, ‘Neelavelicham’, the remake has […]
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J-trap is Karan Kanchan’s forte. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When music as a career choice is still debated in Indian households, what makes the son of an Indian computer engineer take it up — that too trap music — full time? “Curiosity and passion,” says 25-year-old Karan Kanchan. “I wanted to become a DJ […]
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Among the most visible hip-hop artists in India are those singing in Hindi, Punjabi and English. The likes of DIVINE, Emiway Bantai, Brodha V and Prabh Deep have made their way into hip-hop stardom — and made a livelihood out of it. Last week, pop/hip-hop artist Diljit Dosanjh took over Coachella and even had DJ-producer […]
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After a successful debut in a programme organised by Distinguished Concerts International New York City (DCINY) to showcase the English oratorio ‘Messiah’ at the Carnegie Hall in 2019, Tiruchi-based gospel choir group Singspirations is off to the United States again this year, to perform the music of American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre in a […]
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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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Tucked away in a quiet part of Chendamangalam near Kochi in Kerala, is a tiny, barely-100 square foot workshop. Its longest wall is lined with tools and violins in various stages of production. The work table is littered with scales, tapes, and other measuring tools besides brass planers of multiple sizes, a container of glue […]
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The museum in memory of EV Ramaswamy (Thanthai Periyar), who was at the forefront of the Vaikom Satyagraha and earned the epithet Vaikom Veeran. | Photo Credit: VISHNU PRATHAP In tune with the spirit of the Vaikom Satyagraha, which is celebrating its centenary this year, Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna released a composition, Sindikka Chonnavar Periyar, […]
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