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With Raga Fest, classical Indian music takes root in a surprising venue

For the past year, percussionist Sameer Gupta’s nonprofit, RootStock Arts, has presented bite-sized programs of classical Indian music at Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery. By turning the ...
The Hindu

Is the time-raga theory still relevant in Hindustani music?

There are several issues in Hindustani classical music that have remained unresolved for decades because of a host of reasons, foremost among them being the heavy weight of tradition and an ...
The New York Times

With Open Ears, Indian Ragas and Western Melodies Merge

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Amit Chaudhuri charts his musical journey in a new book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.” By Joshua Barone Amit Chaudhuri, an ...
The Hindu

T.M. Krishna on how one can recognise if a tune is a raga

Day 12 of the Academic Sessions at The Music Academy began with a lecture by Sangeetha Kalanidhi designee vidwan T.M. Krishna on ‘Conceptualising an Abstract Raga’. He delved into the concept of ...
Indiatimes

Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty: The word classical music itself is wrong; it should be called raga music

Hindustani music exponent Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is well-known for his scientific approach towards music. But actually, nothing is derived from shastras here. The name is wrong. It should be called ...