Month: January 2016

Somnath Roy is one of the rare classical music artistes who started out as a versatile North Indian musician and then seriously pursuing South Indian percussion more

Understanding, feeling and fusing….

Contrary to the puritan and traditional Indian way of looking at fusion, Jonathan Kay perceives it in the logic of appropriation and enrichment. Hmore

Kalikaprasad: Folk forms struggle to survive

Kalikaprasad strongly emphasizes on the point that for any art to endure, the artiste needs to survive.more

Shayne Hyrapiet: Connecting women ensures success in gigs

For Shayne Hyrapiet, the passion largely gripped him when he started singing in church choir during high school and began participating in the inter college competitions. more

Reworking 90s’ Band magic @ Independent Music remains orphan

As a band, Rollywood is highly influenced by the ethos of Bangla Band music of 1990s, which set them on their musical journey. In the course of itmore

Kaushiki disagrees @ Gen-Y lacks interest in classical music

Kaushiki Chakraborty simply lashes out at the mere suggestion that the cotemporary generation lacks interest in Classical Music. more

Rita Ganguly: So-called acting training doesn’t work in film

Rita Ganguly, famous singer-dancer and ex-teacher at National School of Drama (NSD) has a deep interest in films as she feels that cinema is the most powerful art form of the time incorporating every other existing form of both performing as well as plastic arts.more