Carnatic music

‘We musicians sit on the high horse of religiosity,’ says TM Krishna

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Open conversation with TM Krishna, Carnatic vocalist and writer

TM Krishna, Carnatic Musician and Cultural Critic

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Dissenting Note

Tyagaraja: The Highest Guru

MV Ramana

The impact of Tyagaraja on Carnatic music remains unparallelled even 250 years after the composer’s birth

On a Level-Playing Stage

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When art repudiates caste and class

Sanjay Subrahmanyan: Improv Maestro

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To hear this Carnatic vocalist once is to be converted for life

In recent years, TM Krishna, one of Carnatic music’s top vocalists, has been mounting a radical critique of kutcheri, the south Indian classical music performance. His book, released recently, challenges the status quo in a way few ever have

Kannada Tunes, from Manipur

Anil B. Lulla

A BPO executive from the Northeast is crooning his way into the classical scene down South.

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Carnatic music

‘We musicians sit on the high horse of religiosity,’ says TM Krishna

TM Krishna, Carnatic Musician and Cultural Critic

Tyagaraja: The Highest Guru

On a Level-Playing Stage

Sanjay Subrahmanyan: Improv Maestro

The Argumentative Musician

Kannada Tunes, from Manipur

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