Ideas Without Boundaries.
Conversations with Indian classical musicians, vocalists, playback and Bollywood artists.
It was said by many a musician that no man could possibly evoke as many sounds from a drum as Ustad Allah Rakha, until they were silenced by the performance of this man. Legend goes that when he was just a few days old, this Read More …
He can trace his lineage all the way back to Mian Tansen the great court musician in Emperor Akbar’s court. His father is the legendary Ustad Vilayat Khan, ranked among the greatest musicians of the century. The older Khan has made headlines not just for Read More …
She is a multitalented woman, and beautiful even in her seventies. Lakshmi Shankar has seen and done it all, from classical dance, to film singing to classical vocal music and excelling at it all. Married to Pundit Ravi Shankar’s brother Rajendra, Lakshmi Shankar shares memories Read More …
He was all of seventeen years old, an American, longhaired and hippie like when he accosted vocalist Kalpana Mazumdar after hearing a classical music LP and asked her if she would teach him classical vocal music. “YOU want to learn classical vocal music?” was her Read More …
His father is a concert pianist, and while he himself had a jazz background playing mostly wind instruments like saxophone, clarinet, the western flute, what fascinated Steve Gorn initially was the shehnai. Today he is easily one of the most gifted Bansuri exponents in the Read More …