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 ...
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 classical Indian music festival will take listeners on a 24-hour sonic journey, with the music in each hour aligned with the time of day. The Ragas Live Festival, which will begin at 7 pm on Oct. 19 ...
Jonathan Mayer explains how he bridges Indian classical traditions with contemporary global music, blending heritage with ...
Composer Reena Esmail breaks down the difference between raga and tala in Indian classical music, and how their function compares to scales and rhythms in Western classical music. Host Scott Yoo then ...
Learn the foundations of Indian classical music through Ravi Shankar’s timeless introduction to raga, exploring structure, emotion, and musical philosophy. #IndianClassicalMusic #RaviShankar #Raga #Mu ...
While Margazhi remains rooted in tradition, the way it is being experienced is evolving. Across the city, artists are ...
Last week, five members of a music collective calling themselves Brooklyn Raga Massive, or BRM, were seated in the backyard of co-founder Neel Murgai’s Prospect Heights apartment, sipping coffee and ...
NEW YORK - Music is rarely the subject of news from Afghanistan. War, terrorism, corruption, and other such topics have dominated the headlines. And if the Taliban - who outlawed all music save ...