Photo of Juan Moreno Moya’s portrait of Kalyan Mukherjea Despite the dominant rhetoric about the antiquity of Indian classical music, many instruments used in performance, not to mention some of the ...

Amjad Ali Khan, a virtuoso on the lute-like sarod, started his first American tour in the mid-1960s. From the age of 6, he had performed in his native India, and teenage Khan was ready to bring the 25 ...

The sarod, a lute-like instrument widely used in folk music across Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, has nearly fallen silent in Pakistan. The stringed instrument has featured in several ...

The first time I met Abir, I was actually expecting to welcome a singing sensation to my house: his better half, Puja. Puja and Abir came all the way from Kolkata at our invitation to enlighten us. We ...

Amjad Ali Khan is a superstar in his native India, but his chosen instrument would make a good crossword clue for many New Orleanians: Lute-like, 25-string instrument with a history that dates back ...

Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, the master Indian musician and composer who was a pivotal figure in introducing the music of his homeland to the West, has died. He was 87. The legendary sarod player and ...

Established nine years ago with an aim to bring recognition to unsung heroes who work behind the scenes of the Indian music industry, Swar Aalap has been recognising and supporting the talent of many ...

Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has a suggestion for aspiring musicians that if they want a career then they should not learn classical music. He added that classical music is a lifelong service ...

Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash are waiting to take their creation, the Erod, to the world, says Aditi Divekar. IMAGE: Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangash. Photograph: Kind courtesy riotartists.com ...

Their story is not about overnight success or going viral on social media. It's about continuity — not just of a musical tradition, but of familial responsibility, cultural defiance, and personal ...