Carnatic

How the two traditions engage with composition and improvisation in their own distinct ways Going by the names of the two major traditions of Hindustani music — Khayal and Dhrupad — Carnatic music might be called ‘Kriti’ after the…

Narrated as an investigative story, his Malayalam short film ‘Jara’ has a non-linear narrative Sreevalsan J Menon wears many hats. A leading Carnatic vocalist, he is also a composer, music director, playback singer and actor. And now,…

The young musician, whose latest musical video Sumiran has garnered attention online, says he realised a few years ago that music had to be his life’s journey Amrit Ramnath clearly doesn’t think much of the canons of the music world: in…

The Madras Players’ ‘Trinity’, filmed by a four-camera set up, will be made available for a global audience in June In 2020, the celebrated trinity of Carnatic music —Thyagaraja Swamy, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Sastry — was…