He sold millions of albums with the Richard Smallwood Singers, and his songs, many influenced by classical music, were recorded by stars like Whitney Houston.
Singer-composer Job Kurian belongs firmly to the latter. Nearly two decades into his journey, his career feels less like a marked timeline and more like a trail of lived moments: childhood listening ...
When you scan a sabha’s performance list, your eyes naturally settle on the violinist and the mridangist. Those are the two ...
Jagadeesh sees this openness as a shared instinct. “Both Carnatic music and jazz are driven by personal exploration,” he says., adding, “It’s a continuous dialogue. There is no finishing point.” ...
In her latest book, author and journalist Sumana Ramanan tells the story of an exceptional Hindustani classical stalwart whose value is known to listeners ...
Chloe Flower dishes on her love of combing pop and classical music in a unique genre she likes to call "popsical," and creating the first-ever all-female composed holiday album. Watch till the end for ...
Nithyashree Mahadevan is practising a rare kriti that her legendary grandmother (Carnatic vocalist DK Pattamal) once used to sing. Sudha Ragunathan is keeping herself physically and mentally fit for a ...
Having grown up on, and studied Carnatic music in Mumbai, Shanker Krishnan discovered a new and a different world, once he was at the University of California, Berkeley (for a course in applied ...
HYDERABAD: The Kalasagaram festival closed on Sunday at Keyes High School, Secunderabad, after 10 evenings where Hyderabad’s audience met familiar names and younger voices in Carnatic music, dance and ...
Throughout 2025, the Grand Ole Opry celebrated its 100th anniversary. Crossing a major milestone, the famed venue highlighted the rich history of not just the Opry but country music. And on Friday, ...
Vince Gill had a very special job to do at the Grand Ole Opry's official 100th anniversary show on Friday (Nov. 28.) The Opry — which has been celebrating its milestone birthday all year, in a series ...