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“I Am Not a Musician. I Am Only a Medium”
Shiv Kumar Sharma was a friend, philosopher and guide. A personal tribute by Vikram Zutshi
Durga’s Rockers
In the eighties, a group of Bengali musicians lit up Delhi. Shaswata Kundu Chaudhuri tracks down the original members of Niharika and revels in their original timeless compositions
Notes of Limbo
Musicians create pared-down albums during the pandemic with a lean sound and deeper meanings
Bob Dylan@80: Like a Rolling Stone, Still
Even now, the legend is alert to change in music and taste and performs propped up by a piano
Amit Chaudhuri: ‘I place our music in our experience of distraction and listening’
Author and musician Amit Chaudhuri speaks to V Shoba about his new book on modernism in Hindustani classical music and ways to renew the art form
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