Indy Week

N.C. Raga Revival Holds a Space for Indian Classical Music in the Triangle

For hundreds of centuries, raga has formed the backbone of Indian classical music, offering a guideline for musicians to improvise when performed live. Ragas—which roughly translates to “coloring”—are ...

A dialogue between taal & raga

The 27th Swami Haridas Tansen Sangeet Nritya Mahotsav concluded with stellar performances, celebrating India's rich artistic ...
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 ...
Mission Local

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

Rag Rekha by Jayakrishnan Unni brings the expressions of India’s classical masters, from the concert hall to the gallery wall

As Chennai’s Margazhi season goes on , a new exhibition, Rag Rekha, opening on December 26 extends the music beyond concert halls and onto gallery walls. Presented by Faber-Castell and Poorvi in ...
India West

Finding a Taal Between Classical And Fusion

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – On one hand, his tabla has accompanied classical masters like Ajay Pohanka, Abhijit Pohankar and Ghazal maestros like Jagjit Singh and Ghulam Ali, while on the other, Amit Choubey ...
Jazz

The Well-Tempered Raga: Pianist Richard Bennett fuses Indian Classical and Jazz on "New York Swara"

One day in India, New York-based composer and jazz pianist Richard Bennett discovered he was playing ragas. He was improvising with his friend, light Hindustani classical singer Dhanashree Pandit-Rai ...