Chitravina Ravikiran
South Indian music has long-standing naming conventions not encountered in its Hindustani cousin in the north of the subcontinent.
18 December 2012
Author: Ken Hunt
Music critic, journalist, broadcaster and translator who specialises in world music, folk and improvised musics
Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Never to see Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna perform live must be one of the cruellest injustices life can mete out.
13 September 2012
Jyotsna Srikanth Project
East London’s London International Arts Festival, under Jyotsna Srikanth’s curatorship and organised by Dhruv Arts, took place between 10 and 12 August.
13 September 2012
Circle of Sound
The UK-based duo of Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger is an electro-acoustic hybrid with varying currents flowing through their music.
15 June 2012
Kindred Spirits
Arranger-composer-pianist Zoe Rahman’s last few musical forays into her roots have proved wholly fascinating.
13 March 2012
Aruna Sairam mentors Hari Sivanesan
The BBC World Routes programme brought together a Carnatic vocal diva with a young British-born vina player.
9 December 2011
Celebrating his 10th Decade
Let’s begin with a confession. Let’s lay some cards on the table. Attending every Ravi Shankar concert had no longer been a must. The reasons for that were complex and varied.
9 December 2011
Veena Vidwan S. Balachander In Concert – Dhyaname
The South Indian veena player S. Balachander (1927–90) was one of the subcontinent’s most remarkable, maverick and acclaimed instrumentalists.
9 December 2011
The Singing Violin
Kala Ramnath’s concerts are magical mystery tours with no destination on the front of the bus. Exactly where she will transport and deposit listeners is all down to her spontaneous craft and creativity.
19 September 2011
BBC Proms, Prom 17: World Routes Academy
Aruna Sairam’s evening BBC Proms was announced as the first entirely Carnatic billing in the Proms’ 116-year history; indeed there is no finer torch-bearer for the subcontinent’s southern art music system.
19 September 2011