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Bhavya Balasubramanyam enthrals the dance lovers at Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha's music festival in Chennai.


Janaki Rangarajan performing Bharatnatyam at Karnataka Sangh.		Veteran singer Vani Jairam in conversation with Kelucharan Mohapatra.

Musical Notes

Music, dance and all things nice
Gentle strains of music wafting in the air, lyrics and melody in good harmony, footsteps in full poise and grace, the lingering fragrance of musical instruments and myriad colours waiting to set the tone for the evening. Yes. As curtains go up for the December music season, it is going to be a month-long extravaganza of music and dance which attracts scores of people. Full Story

Accent on abhinaya
Abhinaya and music play a very crucial role. Many a time, a padam these days is performed without a genuine feel for the nuances of the singing. Full Story

Cultural jamboree
Amma ravamma... samayam idhe. The air is thick with invocations from concerts all over town. But the Goddess needs no coaxing. In her deiva drishti, all times are rolled into an eternal Now. So she comes before she is called. November is heady with intimations of her presence, the sound and silence of music. Full Story

Rewind

Remembering the Jambavan
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar was born on September 1896 at Chembai, Palakkad. Full Story

‘Guna Bala’
It is an established fact that next to Ariyakudi, the greatest name in Carnatic music is that of Sri G N Balasubramaniam - Guna Bala (Gudalur Narayanaswami Balasubramaniam) to Post and Telegraph department and GNB to his countless admirers. Full Story

Papanasam Sivan’s contribution
Papanasam Sivan’s contribution to Tamil cinema, its music, and more precisely its songs, is outstandingly brilliant. Indeed, he was solely responsible for film songs based on Carnatic music and its ragas to seep into common folk during the 1930s-1940s with his melodious film music. Full Story

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