Our ragas are the vehicles through which this essence can be perceived.” The 92-year-old along with his daughter Anoushka Shankar captured the intellectual expression of nature with a dense maze of captivating melodies at his farewell concert held at...

It is a lively affair, vigorously engaging with familiar territory and finding much new in these fresh hands, which layer horns, violin, piano and oodles of percussion onto their songs. The duo themselves similarly stretch, taking up electric...

Reviewing that event, I had written as follows in The Hindu's New Delhi edition: "On one side of the stage floor are seated a group of Hindustani musicians playing an assortment of instruments (sitar, sarod, pakhwaj, tabla, tanpur). On the other sde of

This was not a concert that could be missed. The concert opened to a performance by Anoushka Shankar, who set the tone for the evening with an opening recital in the puriya dhanashree raag. Celebratory in bits, but more turbulent as a whole, the...

Bangalore: It was an emotional evening for music lovers here as they were transported into the ethereal world with spell-binding music of the renowned father-daughter duo Pandit Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar. Bidding farewell to this city in their...

On the contrary it has blossomed. Look at how many young musicians you know of today. Rakesh Chuarasia, Rahul Sharma, Niladri Kumar -- all these musicians have come forward to say I am here to represent this. Amaan and Ayaan, Anoushka Shankar... a...