Anand Mahindra shared a moving video capturing the reunion of guitarist John McLaughlin and ghatam maestro Vikku Vinayakram at the Friends Forever concert in Mumbai, held to mark the first death ...

Bengaluru-based ghatam player Sumana Chandrashekar has recently published her memoir, Song of the Clay Pot, about her journey with the ghatam—a percussion instrument often marginalised in the world of ...

In a government hospital ward in Bengaluru, as the terrible tragedies of the Covid pandemic played out around her, Sumana Chandrashekar was battling for her life. Yet, even in those lonely hours ...

Since June, Ed Sheeran’s fans in India have been hooked to Sapphire, listening to it on a loop. But what if we said that the chartbuster’s India connection goes beyond Arijit Singh, Shah Rukh Khan, ...

British pop star Ed Sheeran surprised fans during a visit to Mumbai, India, on June 20, by joining a spontaneous musical jam session with percussionist Ganesh Murali Iyer and playing the ghatam, a ...

Ilia Rogatchevski speaks to Polish multi-instrumentalist Wacław Zimpel and master ghatam player Giridhar Udupa about their parallel journeys through music, and their combination as "interstellar folk" ...

From Carnatic vocals to clay pot percussion, Sumana Chandrashekar defies norms and finds her true beat in the world of the ghatam In the heart of South Bengaluru’s vibrant neighbourhood, a young girl ...

Every summer, hundreds of college-age musicians spend countless hours — and their own money — pursuing a single goal: the drum corps world championship. Carrying on a tradition that stretches back to ...

The two day gala will open with a rich mix of folk and tribal percussion by Charu Hariharan quartet with Kozhikod Nanthalakoottam and The Kattunaykkar. Ghatam maestro Vikku Vinayakram and Grammy ...