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A.R. Rahman teams up with OpenAIs Sam Altman for AI-driven musical metaverse Secret Mountain

Rahman first introduced the concept of Secret Mountain in a video released in February 2024. The animated preview featured a fictional character named Luna who travels into a virtual world and interacts with various musical personas drawn from different cultures

25 Jul 2025 1:09 pm
S. Kedarnath had a promising start at his Chennai concert

Kedaram music festival offered a platform to the 13-year-old vocalist.

25 Jul 2025 12:35 pm
Jazz legend Chuck Mangione, known for Feels So Good, dies at 84

Mangione, a flugelhorn and trumpet player and jazz composer, released more than 30 albums during a career in which he built a sizable following after recording several albums, doing all the writing

25 Jul 2025 6:59 am
Jazz saxophonist Carl Clementss passage to Indian music through bansuri

The artiste, who gravitated towards Hindustani, came to India seeking a guru to learn bansuri from. This led him to not just learn, but also collaborate with Indian jazz musicians.

23 Jul 2025 5:27 pm
Sai Brindha Ramachandran explored the myriad shades of devotion in her performance

The young Bharatanatyam dancer performed at the Mid-Year Dance Festival, hosted by The Music Academy, Chennai.

23 Jul 2025 5:13 pm
Carnatic vocalist Varijashree Venugopals musical outing in France

The vocalist collaborates with French Jazz group EYM Trio to serve an East-West blend.

23 Jul 2025 4:39 pm
L.R. Eswari: The voice that transcends genres

Tracing the musical journey of the veteran playback singer, who straddles two worlds devotional and film music with effortless ease.

22 Jul 2025 2:08 pm
Electronic duo Tech Panda x Kenzani collaborates with Hindustani classical musicians and kathak dancers for Ibtidas experimental baithak in Mumbai

Ibtita, a revivalist platform for mehfils and baithaks, brings its first experimental gig, Surrender/Atmasamarpan, where electronic duo Tech Panda x Kenzani will perform with dhrupad and khayal vocalist Arman Dehlvi, ghazal singer Vani Babbar, Suhel Saeed Khan on the sitar, Rohit Prasanna on the flute, and kathak dancers Amrapali Bhandari and Priyanka Kapil

18 Jul 2025 2:38 pm
Lahore flutes, Made in India , labels are still used on musical instruments at the 115-year-old Lahore Music House in Delhis Daryaganj

The Lahore Music House in Old Delhi is the go-to store for all kinds of traditional Indian musical instruments since the Partition days

18 Jul 2025 11:21 am
Sidhu Moosewala to perform again as hologram in global tour set to launch in 2026

The tour will kick off in 2026 with shows lined up in Punjab as well as global cities like Toronto, London and Los Angeles. It will be a first-of-its kind hologram event that will help fans virtually meet the late musician

16 Jul 2025 7:41 pm
For Kerala musician Alex Immatty his songs are a means of protest

Thrissur-based musician Alex Immatty uses music as a way to bring change or at least create awareness about issues that affect common folk

16 Jul 2025 5:10 pm
When a mridangam maestro meets a marxist leader

At a special conversation session, organised at The Hindu office recently, Umayalpuram Sivaraman and M.A. Baby spoke about how Carnatic music created a bond between them.

16 Jul 2025 4:31 pm
Exploring Dikshitars Navavarana kritis through music and painting

Vocalist and dancer Sumitra Nitins Sri Chakra will showcase the synergy between the ancient visual art and the profound Navavarana compositions

16 Jul 2025 10:49 am
Travis Scott adds Mumbai stop to India tour following Delhi sell-out

Tickets for the Mumbai performance go on sale Friday, July 19, at 12 PM IST via BookMyShow. A virtual queue system will be in place to ensure equitable access, with a waiting room opening one hour earlier at 11 AM IST

15 Jul 2025 2:19 pm
Watch: MGR and Sivaji Ganesan possessed unique music knowledge: Umayalpuram Sivaraman

The Mridangam maestro played in the film Mridhanga Chakravarthy

14 Jul 2025 6:50 pm
Artist-filmmaker Vimal Chandran talks about Ray, Sushin Shyams debut indie track

The music video borrows elements from Vimals previous work, Folk SciFi, which places an alien in a rural setting, to explore themes of political relevance

12 Jul 2025 5:00 pm
Kanye West faces fresh allegations of sexual battery and sex trafficking in amended lawsuit by former assistant

The updated complaint expands upon a previous lawsuit filed in June 2024, which alleged wrongful termination and sexual harassment

11 Jul 2025 1:51 pm
Saketharamans concert, titled 007-Ragas-Bond with Bhavam, truly hit the mark

The recently-held event, a part of the singers Carnatify series, adapted James Bond thematic music, rhymes and more to classical ragas

11 Jul 2025 10:32 am
Indian jazz fans were in for a treat at trumpeter Randy Becker and drummer Peter Erskines concert

The duo, on their India tour, performed in Mumbai as part of NCPA Legends at Tata Theatre.

9 Jul 2025 3:20 pm
Its lovely to be a dancer at any time, says Bharatanatyam artiste Vidhya Subramanian

Vidhya Subramanians latest dance ensemble, unveils her new dance ensemble work Damaru, which unveils in Chennai on July 13, . It explores the sound and shape of the modest percussion instrument.

9 Jul 2025 2:37 pm