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Track changes in Bastar: Check out medleys by tribal artists, Mumbai band Daira

A new album – Jadoo Bastar – features intriguing collaborations. It was recorded in that district too, in fairly unusual circumstances.

(Clockwise from top left) Lakheshwar Khudaram, Vineeta Pandey, Rahul Raikwar on the flute, and Soma playing the todi.
Updated on Sep 21, 2024 01:27 PM IST

Nusrat fan from Kumaon breaks the caste barrier

Fourteen years later, the 29-year-old is living his dream as the frontman and bandleader of Rehmat-e-Nusrat, a group of young musicians from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand who perform qawwali and ghazals with a subtle Kumaoni-folk twist

Nusrat fan from Kumaon breaks the caste barrier
Updated on Sep 01, 2024 06:22 AM IST

An experiment heard around the world:The making of L Subramaniam’s Global Fusion

In the seminal album by the Carnatic violinist, musicians from around the world combine instruments and vocals in new ways.

The cover of the 1999 album.
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 04:34 PM IST

As easy as 2 + 2?: Violinist L Subramaniam on his unique formula for music

The world-renowned Carnatic violinist has always sought to meld musical cultures. In his new book, he explores an approach that would let anyone do this.

At a recording studio in Los Angeles with George Harrison, in 1974.
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 07:47 PM IST

Fellowship of the string: Bhanuj Kappal on pathbreaking violinist L Subramaniam

He's performed with George Harrison, Yehudi Menuhin; taken the Carnatic violin around the world; created a new formula for music. We must try new things,he says

‘Using my method, anyone who is familiar with Carnatic music can write major orchestral pieces without having to go abroad to study Western music theory,’ says Subramaniam. His new book, Raga Harmony, has more on this.
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 04:30 PM IST

Soon, you can book tickets for Eiffel Tower using UPI, with French visa

Under Patrick Branco Ruivo, the organisation has taken many steps to make the Eiffel Tower a more appealing destination for Indian tourists

A grab of a video released by the Olympic Broadcasting Services shows Canadian Singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, on July 26, 2024. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 09:07 AM IST

Note what you’d expect: A photobook zooms in on Meghalaya’s indie musicians

See how photographer Anurag Banerjee’s search for home and identity led him to explore the struggles, songs and universal experiences of these artists.

Khasi music group Ka Sur Na Nongkyndong, as photographed by Anurag Banerjee for the book The Songs of our People.
Updated on Jul 26, 2024 02:40 PM IST

I’m the problem, it’s me: Turns out, pop lyrics are stuck in a loop

New research suggests a trend towards simpler, more repetitive lines - and towards lyrics focused increasingly on the self.

 (Shutterstock)
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 04:42 PM IST

Ebrahim Alkazi: A giant’s tale is retold for a new generation

A biography by his daughter, Amal Allana, finally puts the masterful theatre director at centrestage. See how he built a new mission for the art form in India.

Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive was released this year by Vintage. In it, writing as a daughter, a student (she trained under him at NSD) and a veteran theatre director herself, Allana paints an intimate portrait of a complex man.
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 03:32 PM IST

Writing, yoga, toddy-tapping: Retreats are making authorship more accessible

Authors visit to talk to aspiring writers; communities develop, share their work with each other and benefit from collaborations and feedback.

At an edition of the Alekhya Retreat in Himachal Pradesh.
Updated on Jun 29, 2024 02:56 PM IST

L Shankar and his double violin’s journey through pop, jazz and classical music

The violin maestro has collaborated or performed with a whole host of musical greats from East and West, including Bruce Springsteen, Frank Zappa, Trilok Gurtu, Eric Clapton, and Sting. Even at 74, he’s indefatigable, always looking ahead to the next studio session or performance

L Shankar and his double violin’s journey through pop, jazz and classical music
Updated on Jun 16, 2024 07:52 AM IST

Symphony of flavours from home kitchens

These Mumbaikars have mastered the secret sauce of artisanal takeaways and are doling out limited-edition gastronomic experiences

Symphony of flavours from home kitchens
Updated on Jun 09, 2024 06:27 PM IST

Gather the storm troopers: A look at 150 years of IMD

The agency began with a single employee. It’s seen blue skies, cloudy days. See how it's evolving, but why it still can’t reliably say: Will it rain tomorrow?

In a key instance of delayed notice, the warning about the dust storm that hit Mumbai on May 13 only went out about an hour before it struck. (HT Archives)
Updated on May 25, 2024 02:02 PM IST

A math major makes a calculated move into jazz and theatre

After spending the last year in New York as a cast member in Mira Nair’s ‘Monsoon Wedding’ musical, she is currently in rehearsals for an upcoming staging of the Rajiv Joseph play ‘Letters of Suresh’, directed by Feroze Abbas Khan

Palomi Ghosh, now a National-Award-winning actor with a sideline in music. (Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 05, 2024 06:46 AM IST

Desert prose: A rebel Mughal princess comes to life, in a new book

Gulbadan Begum, author of the Humayun-nama, was the Mughal empire’s only woman historian. A new book looks at her intriguing life.

Celebrations in the women’s quarters at the time of Akbar’s circumcision. The British Library blog notes: 'One of the ladies is almost certainly Gulbadan.' (Akbarnama, BL Or. 12988, fol. 114r, British Library. With permission from the British Library / Granger)
Updated on Apr 26, 2024 09:54 PM IST

You’ve got tales: Titles to bookmark this year

Ai Weiwei writes a graphic novel on his life; AI retells Animal Farm; Questlove on hip-hop; a robot on the run... check out books with a twist to watch out for.

 (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Apr 12, 2024 05:43 PM IST

1984-letter words: Ripple effects in music, videogames, books and films

Artists have found creative ways, over 75 years, to bring Oceania and its dystopia into their works. Reimaginings have included parodies and spoofs too.

Muse performs songs from their 1984-inspired album The Resistance (2009), in Birmingham.
Updated on Apr 05, 2024 06:19 PM IST

Caught in the current: Check out the short film series Water Wars

How have diet, real-estate, crime contributed to our water crises? Two great minds collaborate to offer answers, in a series of animated narrative short films.

A still from The Land of Good Intentions, on Punjab, rice and agriculture, illustrated by Sarnath Banerjee. (Courtesy MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology and MIT Department of Economics)
Updated on Mar 29, 2024 04:30 PM IST

Dock,stock and barrel: Meet the rocket engineer driving a sea change in shipping

It was hard to leave her dream job at ISRO. But Padmini Mellacheruvu, 30, is now framing rules to help massive ships switch to a clean fuel: hydrogen.

‘Small hydrogen-powered tug boats are already running in European waters. I am confident hydrogen will catch on, over the next five years,’ says Mellacheruvu, a hydrogen systems expert with Lloyd’s Register.
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 07:48 PM IST

Thinning out, not cooling off: Climate crisis and the dip in global population

We’ve always thought of fewer humans as good news: fewer mouths to feed, fewer emissions. But when it comes to climate, the case for optimism is much weaker.

A detail of artist Hema Upadhyay’s (1972-2015) installation, Where The Bees Suck There Suck I (2009), a depiction of urban chaos, characterised by overpopulation and political and economic perils. (Wikimedia Commons)
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 11:43 AM IST

Muggle breaks a spell:The remarkable tale of Harry Potter stuntsman David Holmes

He was Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double. An accident on set left him paralysed. Holmes discusses new loves, new life, as a documentary sets out to tell his tale.

During a practice session for an aerial stunt. (Photos courtesy David Holmes)
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 02:51 PM IST

Without harmony, we are nothing: Zakir Hussain wins 3 Grammy awards

The 72-year-old was among the winners in the Best Global Music Performance, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and Best Global Music Album categories

Ustad Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, V Selvaganesh and Ganesh Rajagopalan of Shakti at the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 06, 2024 06:48 AM IST
By, Mumbai

Without harmony, we are nothing: Zakir Hussain wins 3 Grammy awards

The 72-year-old was among the winners in the Best Global Music Performance, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and Best Global Music Album categories

Hussain now has five of these awards in all. (File photo)
Published on Feb 05, 2024 05:46 PM IST

International opera competition comes to Mumbai this year

Mumbai Operalia—one of the world’s biggest opera singing competitions—is coming to Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) this September. Founded by world-famous Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, the competition has travelled to some of the world’s most celebrated venues

International opera competition comes to Mumbai this year
Updated on Feb 05, 2024 07:44 AM IST

New levels in play: The climate crisis enters the videogame world

Players battle rising sea levels, survive superstorms, rewild a dying biosphere. It can help in some ways, studies show. But first, can gameplay get greener?

In Endling, the player is the last mother fox on Earth, fighting to protect and feed her cubs. In Gathering Storm, an expansion of Civilization VI, climate disasters strike, based on how many power plants a player built and how many forests they cut down.
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 09:23 PM IST

Fantastic beats and where to find them: The world of music micro-genres

Drift phonk, dream plugg… there are more music micro-genres today than ever before. See how fans and in-jokes play a role, and why so many are short-lived.

. (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Jan 06, 2024 07:03 PM IST

Making synth of things: Bhanuj Kappal’s playlist of turning-point micro-genres

Where did blog house come from? What prompted chillwave, and what killed it? What did each one sound like? Take a listen.

 (Pixabay)
Updated on Jan 05, 2024 07:28 PM IST

Error message: A look at the worst ways to say you’re sorry

In ‘the age of the apology,’ what are the worst ways to apologise, and the best? Plus, a look at some of the most iconic public apologies going back centuries.

 (HT Illustration: Jayanto)
Updated on Dec 02, 2023 03:56 PM IST

Ace of bass: A Wknd interview with musician Mohini Dey

As a child prodigy, she performed with Zakir Hussain and AR Rahman. Now 27, she has taken centrestage, with a debut album that is a masterclass in bass guitar.

‘I hesitated for a long time to release songs of my own, but I’m really proud of the album,’ Dey says. (Nathan Sigman)
Updated on Oct 20, 2023 10:11 PM IST

A Wknd interview with Charu Suri, the Indian topping international jazz charts

She has roots in Chennai. Her music isn’t purely jazz; it has ragas woven in. She never expected this response, she says. Tune into the tale of Rags & Ragas.

Suri’s album, Rags & Ragas, hit #3 on the iTunes US jazz charts in September. Why? Well, in one track, for instance, she explores resonances between Raga Bageshri and the iconic five-chord phrasing found on Miles Davis’s So What.
Updated on Sep 22, 2023 06:26 PM IST
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