Pune: Sawani Shende recited a fabulous Ragamala composed by Pandit Bholanath Bhatt. It comprised a journey through 18 ragas, fleetingly touching each raga’s essence. A ragamala in vocal music also ...

BANASHANKARI: Rare ragas from the melakarta will be revived on Sunday through a rendition of Purandaradasa kritis. Renowned Karnatak musician R K Padmanabha has, over the past few months, set ...

Uniquely, Mahatma Gandhi is one man who has had four legendary musicians in the last century create ragas in his name, as tributes. This unusual tribute is testimony to the rich creativity inherent in ...

Dilip Kumar learnt to play the sitar for his 1960 song Madhuban mein Radhika naache from his film Kohinoor, Shabana Azmi took lessons from a Carnatic singer to learn the basic ragas for her film, ...

Even ragas that seem to have less scope for expansion take on a different and fascinating form, if the artiste happens to be a musical genius. Sangita Kalanidhi N. Ravikiran for instance. Two ragas, ...