In 2009, Smithsonian Folkways assumed stewardship of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music, a pioneering series of more than 100 field recordings from around the world. First out of the vault is ...

CHENNAI -- Seated cross-legged, and dressed in a white silk veshti (ethnic attire resembling a sarong), a vocalist performs a song based on Carnatic music, one of India's two main ancient musical ...

How great was Zakir Hussain? The fact that the tabla maestro has been taken from our midst at the fag end of the year in which he became the first Indian to win three Grammy Awards in one night says ...

Lucknow: Renowned flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (86) said that students in our schools don't see anything beyond science, maths, jobs, and degrees. "Basic knowledge of Indian classical music is ...

Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and the KM Music Conservatory have unveiled the Bharat Maestro Awards, a new initiative celebrating Indian ...