February 9, 2019 Kashmir’s musical heritage is very rich, and is unique in its own way. There are many different forms within Kashmiri music, Chakri, Ladisha, Rouf, Sufiaana etc. There have been great poets, saints and bards, who have contributed immensely to Kashmiri music with their poetries like Rasul Mir, MahmoodGami, Mehjoor, Habba Khatoon to name a few. Most...
September 7, 2018 Everyone immediately identifies the santoor with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. From the 1960s, he has ruled the stage with hundreds of live concerts and released numerous albums, making him the undisputed monarch of the stringed instrument. Sharma, now 80, is...
August 2, 2018 India has so much variety, and as is said, unity in diversity. Educational values, religion, caste, political ideology, sport, language, dialects, folk traditions and more. Its music too. The genres are multiple - film music, Hindustani classical, Carnatic, devotional,...