For most Westerners, Indian classical music begins with the sitar and ends with the tabla. More aware listeners may also be familiar with the lute-like sarod and the double-reed shenai. But few are ...

The relics of music inherited by a region speak volumes about its inhabitants’ religion, language, and social status. But aside from being inherited or adopted, music is fundamental to the ...

Annual musical event Bansuri Utsav will pay homage to renowned tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain in its upcoming edition next month, the organisers announced on Thursday. Hussain, one of the greatest ...

The story of upcoming Bollywood flick Bansuri: The Flute did not incubate in the filmi circles of Bombay. It was born somewhere near a drama stage in Chennai’s Mylapore, where Tamil playwright Augusto ...