Thavil vidwan Vedaranyam V.G. Balasubramaniam is back on the concert circuit after a break. Recently, he and grandson Harish accompanied nagaswara vidwan S.R.G.S. Mohandass, son of Sembanarkoil ...

Unlike many great nagaswaram and thavil players of the Isai Vellalar community of the composite Thanjavur district, who dissuaded their children from learning the art, nagaswaram artiste T.C.

Yezhpanam Dakshinamurthy would never take his 'thavil' (a barrel-shaped drum) whenever he went abroad for a performance, but was very particular about the stick he used as he could make the best out ...

Pushparani Thiruchelvam is one of the two woman thavil players in Jaffna, and perhaps in the whole of Sri Lanka. The two women, who were the first and could well be the last, are both above 60 and ...

CUDDALORE: The musical beats have taken the audience to a realm of pure bliss, and they started gently tapping their feet in tune with the rhythm. On stage are two girls in their early teens playing ...

SINGAPORE - With a barrel-shaped thavil drum strapped around his shoulder, Mr Jathishweran Naidu is all geared up for Thaipusam. The 24-year-old Singaporean will play the traditional Indian instrument ...

Thavil Artist R Karunamoorthy No More Renowned Thavil artist R Karunamoorthy, who played a major role in popularising the barrel-shaped percussion instrument at the 'Nagaswara Kacheri', died due to ...

CUDDALORE: A 25-year-old thavil artiste was hacked to death near Virudhachalam in Cuddalore district, triggering tension in the area after his relatives staged a protest, demanding swift police action ...

During this Tamil month of Panguni (mid-March to mid-April) the divine sound of nadhaswaram (the traditional double reed wind instrument of the South) would be reverberating from various temples and ...