The village has also produced illustrious exponents of the nagaswaram — S. Subramania Pillai and S. Natarajasundaram Pillai — ...

From a breezy Mohanam to a serene Sindhu Bhairavi, Shashank took the audience on a musical journey, skillfully navigating the ragas with technical prowess.

Sid Sriram reflects on growing up within this season, balancing cinema with Carnatic music, and why the sabha stage continues ...

It is that time of the year in Chennai when the city goes Carnatic. The December event, popularly called the Margazhi music season after the Tamil month, is only four years from completing a century.

In a concert ecosystem increasingly shaped by microphones, mixers and monitor speakers, Soulfest 2025 arrives with a radical ...

Hosted at the G5A Warehouse, Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna will be part of the collective’s first chapter titled Voice and ...

As the crow flies, the predominantly Tamil Brahmin Chennai locality of Mylapore is only a mile or so from Alwarpet, an equally predominant TamBrahm area. Or, should one say ‘unequally’ predominant? In ...

Every year, as the December Carnatic music season picks up momentum, a frequent topic of discussion is the place of sahitya in Carnatic music. Is sahitya central or secondary? Instrumentalists of high ...

Sid Sriram, set to perform in Hyderabad after three years, reflects on his deep connection with the city, his passion for Carnatic music, his genre-blending approach, and his evolving musical journey, ...

A controversy has erupted over bestowing the Sangita Kalanidhi award on TM Krishna, with well-known musicians condemning the Music Academy’s decision. Carnatic musician Thodur Madabusi Krishna, or TM ...

For 35 years, O.S. Arun has been a professional singer of Carnatic music, a classical genre popular in South India. It's an embellished form of singing frequently backed by the tanpura, a long-necked, ...