Saturday, December 13, 2025

Music

From festivals in Florida to touring Dracula’s digs in Romania, we round up the best destinations to visit this October. As summer abandons Europe again this October, eke out the last of the rays and raves in Ibiza, where nightclubs will be going out with a bang for the winter break. When the party finally stops head to the island’s north.

History of Hindustani Music

  Hey Guys, thank you for your great reviews on my last article based on the gharanas of our music, this article will be based...

The Five Must-Have Playlists

We rely upon music for so many purposes- to even out our disillusioned, blue mood, to pump up our spirits and our energy, to...

Gharanas of our Music

Hey Guys, thank you for your great reviews on my last article based on the different parts of tanpura, this article will be based...

Artist review: Dillon

Artist: Dillon Albums: This Silence Kills, The Unknown Genre: Indie, Pop/Rock, Club Dillon. A Google search would probably give you information on  Dillon, a city in South...

Through the Third Eye; Part 5 (10,000 Days)

So far I’ve only written articles on Tool this year (barring a few other articles) and I must humbly admit it to myself that...

Knowing the Instrument….Tanpura

Hey guys I hope you liked my article about the Time theory of raagas. Well, now talking about instruments I’ll be talking about the...

Through the Third Eye; Part 4 (Lateralus)

So this is part 4 of my series of articles that cover the most awesome set of musicians I've ever stumbled upon and while...

Hindustani Music….Time Theory of Raagas

Hey Guys, hoped you liked the previous article and were interested in knowing about the great legends of Hindustani Music; Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar...

Hindustani Music…..Another Legend of Music

Hey guys, hoping that you liked my last article based on the life of Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar; I would like to tell you...

Amit Trivedi – Redefining Music in Bollywood

I am one of those boring old fashioned souls who never seem to have a taste for popular music and this holds especially true...

An extremely common way of writing hindi songs!!

If you go through the following list of songs you'll see that almost all the lyricist at various times have followed a method. The...

11 Hilarious Band Names When Translated In Hindi

11 Hilarious Band Names When Translated In Hindi Original Author: Team Orange. Let’s face it, some band names are simply AWESOME. But what happens when the...

Hindustani Music 10- Life of a Legend

Hey guys, thanks for a great response on my last article based on the string instruments used in Hindustani Music. This article as...

Plight of travelling musicians

    Airlines charging extra for musical instruments tax the shrinking income of musicians even further.                      ...

Steel String Acoustic vs. Classical vs. Electric Guitars

Most people face a dilemma while deciding which type of guitar to buy as their first ones. I wasn't one of them. I only knew there was...

Hindustani Music…..The Magic of String Instruments

    Hey guys, thanks good response on my last article about thaats. Coming back to instruments, this article is going to be about the string...

Hindustani Music…Part 8- An insight into Thaats

Hey guys hope that you liked the article about different taals and the video posted in the article were of some help to you....

Through the Third Eye; Part 3 (Salival)

Patience. What is patience? As I sit on my PC to write this article that’s been in my drafts section for weeks, I wonder, what is...

Hindustani Music- Part 7

Hey Guys, the last article was about different types of compositions in Hindustani Music which I hope you all must have read. This...

Through the Third Eye; Part 2 (Ænima)

Okay, so it’s been a long time since I've written an article and last time. I had started a series about the ‘biggest cult band in...

Hindustani Music…….Part 6

Hey Guys, hope you liked my previous article about the different basic terms used in our Hindustani Music. Now having discussed about these terms...

That’s all a Ghazal is about

By Avantika Seth Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho, kya gam hai jisko chupa rahe ho? Awestruck? I’m sure. Jagjit Singh does this to me every time. The...

The Power of Rhythm

By Avantika Seth A good song can trigger a cascade of secondary responses which are usually involuntary! Propensity to move in time with music, not so...

Underground Scene of Indian Music

By Surangya Kaur A considerable chunk of our population is veering away from Hindi music and switching to English tracks instead. The reason behind this...

OneRepublic – The Feel Good Band

By Chahat Sareen Music is to the soul what words are to the mind. You might have whistled along the “Good Life” tunes in your college...