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Vishnudev Namboothiri at a MadRasana garden concert

Photograph by G.C. Shekhar
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Sandeep Narayan’s concert in a small private theatre

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Carnatic music vocalist TM Krishna perform during the concert," Awam ki Awaz" at the Garden of Five Senses in New Delhi.

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Carnatic music vocalist TM Krishna during the concert," Awam ki Awaz" at the Garden of Five Senses in New Delhi.

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Still from Krishna’s viral video Chennai Poromboke Paadal
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T.M. Krishna is no champion of the Indian nation and its state-building

Photograph by Hariharan Sankaran
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(Clockwise from left) Ramakrishnan Murthy, Vani Ramamurthi, Vishaal Sapuram
Vocalist Sandeep Narayan, 33
Eastward Flow

Percussionist Akshay Ananth, 29, amid mridangams

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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi pose for a group photo with Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna and his family after the presentation of th...

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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi presenting the 30th Indira Gandhi award for National Integration to Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna at ...

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Legendary playback singer Dr K.J. Yesudas initiating children to their first lessons in Carnatic music at the Vidyarambham ceremonies, which marks the culmination of the nine-day n...

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T.M. Krishna

Photograph by R.A. Chandroo
This Way To Margazhi

Ranjani (left), Gayatri at an MS memorial show
Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna (1930-2016)

Photograph by Avinash Pasricha
File photo of Veteran carnatic musician M. Balamuralikrishna who passed away, in Chennai. Blamuralikrishna acted as Narada in Telugu movie ''Bhakta Prahalada''. He has rendered som...

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Governor of Maharashtra Vidyasagar Rao (R) presents "Sri Shanmukhanand Dr. MS Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Pracharya" special award to the 80 year old Radha Viswanathan, daughter of the ...

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File picture of Child prodigy-turned master musician Mandolin U. Shrinivas (45) who died at a private hospital in Chennai following a lung infection.

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Bombay Jayashri, Carnatic Vocalist
Concerto For Orchestra
Though lovers of Carnatic music would disagree, individuals in Hyderabad felt it needed promotion: thus a phalanx of 108 veenas that produced a...

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Prayogam For Lord Krishna

Part of the soul of Maargazhi music lives on amidst early-morning ambulatory groups singing bhajans in Chennai’s Mylapore

Mar 18, 2020

| G.C. Shekhar
‘Art And Politics Do Not Exist In Separate Boxes'

T.M. Krishna, a leading Carnatic vocalist, prolific writer and a citizen committed to social justice, speaks about his new book, his art and his many motivations

Jan 29, 2020

| Urmi Chanda
Chennai Group MadRasana Gives Carnatic Music A Booming New Playground

A fusion of passion and good taste, MadRasana is finding new ways to take Carnatic music to the uninitiated

Jul 31, 2019

| G.C. Shekhar
How A Devoted Group Of Fans Follows Sanjay Subrahmanyan To All His Concerts

A devoted group of fans follows Carnatic singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan—concert to concert

Dec 19, 2018

| G.C. Shekhar
T.M. Krishna: Music In The Plural | By Ananya Vajpeyi

T.M. Krishna uses music to show democracy is the sound of many voices rising up to the sky

Aug 08, 2018

| Ananya Vajpeyi
Plucks Of Tonal Purity

In her 150th year, Dhanammal continues to epitomise nuanced, delicate music

Nov 30, 2017

| Kiranavali Vidyasankar
A Maritime Arc Of Saptaswaras

Young Carnatic musicians, born or living in the US, are shifting base to Chennai as full-time performers

Nov 30, 2017

| G.C. Shekhar G.C. Shekhar
A Maritime Arc Of Saptaswaras

Young Carnatic musicians, born or living in the US, are shifting base to Chennai as full-time performers

Nov 30, 2017

| G.C. Shekhar G.C. Shekhar
Grace Notes From Travancore

At 92, Carnatic exponent Parassala Ponnammal finds fans in the current generation

Feb 09, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
Grace Notes From Travancore

At 92, Carnatic exponent Parassala Ponnammal finds fans in the current generation

Feb 09, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
‘First Carnatic Song To Trend On YouTube’

Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna talks about his music video Poromboke (a pejorative Tamil word, also meaning ‘common land resources’), on Chennai’s environment issues, that has gone viral on social media

Jan 20, 2017

| Ajay Sukumaran
‘I Sat When They Sang The Anthem’

Why T.M. Krishna stands both inside and outside the canon

Dec 16, 2016

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi

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TM Krishna Hails Concert In Delhi As 'Celebration Of Democracy'

The significance of the performance is, people came together to say it's a country of voices where people who disagree are welcome to protest and express disagreement, says TM Krishna.

Nov 18, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Carnatic Singers Threatened For Singing Christian Songs

The threats and vile comments against four Carnatic singers have prompted noted musician T.M. Krishna to announce that he would be releasing one Carnatic song every month on Jesus or Allah.

Aug 10, 2018

| G.C. Shekhar
Violinist M.S. Anantharaman No More: The Man Who Looked A Thoroughly Satisfied Soul With Or Without The Instrument

Indian classical music lost one of its greatest exponents when Carnatic-Hindustani violinist M.S. Anantharaman died today. A look at the instrumentalist’s lineage, contributions and progeny.

Feb 19, 2018

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
A Voice That Suffered At Prime, A Dance That Never Bloomed On Stage

Classical vocalist Radha Viswanathan is no more. A look at the life of the dancer-turned-musician groomed under her step-mother M.S. Subbulakshmi, a Carnatic icon. Also a peek at Bharatanatyam dancer K.J. Sarasa who died on a January 2.

Jan 03, 2018

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
How The Sparkle In The Vocal Finds Transmission Over Generations

Late Carnatic vocalist Neyyattinkara Vasudevan was born on a Christmas Day in pre-Independence India. His vocals had a distinct influence of his master Ramnad Krishnan. An upstream look at the shishya-guru:

Dec 26, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
Watch: When Jingle Bells Met Qawwali And Carnatic Music On Christmas, It Was Rhythm Divine

'Jingle Bells' met with a fusion of alaaps and sangams, when a group of Hindustani music artistes juxtaposed it with the classical Hindustani Qawwali on the occasion of Christmas.

Dec 26, 2017

| Outlook Web Bureau
The Parsi Woman On Sarod And Tamil Vocalist In Carnatic

Three years ago on this day, Hindustani classical lost a pioneering sarodiya, while December 20 is the birthday of a veteran Carnatic vocalist. A look at the lives of Zarin Sharma-Daruwala and Suguna Varadachari:

Dec 20, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
Reverse Carnatic Currents: From Lankan Tamils To South India

A young nadaswaram maestro from Sri Lanka regales Kerala audiences on the eve of the anniversary of a legend of the wind instrument. Viewing Jaffna’s P.S. Balamurugan alongside 20th-century giant Rajarathinam Pillai

Dec 14, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
‘English Notes’ That Pepped Up Patriotism Then And Is Great Fun Today

Today is Harikesanallur Muthaiah Bhagavatar Day. A look at the 20th-century Carnatic titan’s ‘English Notes’ in a week that also marked the birth anniversaries of two Western classical composers:

Nov 15, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
How Does It Sound When Hindustani Vocalists Try A Bit Of Carnatic?

Today is the 145th birth anniversary of Abdul Karim Khan, the founder of Kirana gharana. The ustad had his Deccan trysts that familiarised him with southern music. A sample of Carnatic renditions by three khayal masters:

Nov 11, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi

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