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Fest Watch
Bengaluru freezes on hip hop
Arushi Jindal spent two days at India’s only hip hop festival and loved every minute order propecia online ize-medium wp-image-12131″ title=”22″ src=”http://www.soundbox.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/22-300×225.jpg” alt=”” width=”300″ height=”225″ />Bengaluru appears to have taken upon itself the responsibility of introducing all things funky and … READ MORE
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Music fest rocks Guwahati
Bickram Ghosh, Ramen Baruah and Mac Haque receive EBMS Excellence in Music award Three days of fun, frolic and non-stop music marked the second editi buy cialis 5mg online on of the Guwahati International Music Festival. One of the only … READ MORE
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Ragas in Rotation
Sound Box takes a look at a concert hosted by Pancham Nishad Creatives showcasing ragas in their varied time cycles from morning to night. The tradition of Indian Classical music might be the only one across the globe wherein the … READ MORE
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Bombay’s Own Operatic Ballad
how to get mortgage with bad credit score The Bombay Chamber Orchestra (BCO) composed solely of Indians and led by founder Jini Dinshaw, treated Mumbai to two hours of pure Western Classical choral and operatic favourites recently Ever seen more … READ MORE
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For the love of vinyl
Lifestyle and sports brand Puma has joined hands with NH7 to bring vinyl back in the market and into the lives of listeners by releasing a compilation of seven Indian indie artists on a 12” vinyl. Divya Naik was at … READ MORE
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Scavenging for Music!
Stacy’s Penitence was crowned Scavenger Rock Idol 2012 in Mizoram recently. Aiyushman Dutta travelled to the far corner of the country to catch the action Towards the fag end of April, I travelled down to one of the extreme frontiers … READ MORE
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Jazz it up!
Shrinkhla Sahai soaked up the two day jazz fest held in the capital this March With an array of red lights and silvery decoration leading up the pathway, one felt like one was walking right into a New York Jazz … READ MORE
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Sufi so good!
Shrinkhla Sahai tracked the three day Sufi Sutra festival in Kolkata The media and market have increasingly morphed into reverent grounds for the combination of mysticism and music. With images of whirling dervishes, trance-like states and soulful strains, Sufi music … READ MORE
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Mumbai wakes to Morning Ragas
Pancham Nishad’s Pratahswar series completes five years. Divya Naik traces the journey At a time when the bustling city is just waking up to its daily grind, there is a small yet committed band of enthusiasts that gathers, every once … READ MORE
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A league of its own
Cricket and music can make a heady mix. Even when the nation is reeling from an overdose of the sport (the World Cup earlier this year followed by the series in West Indies and the recently concluded dismal England series), … READ MORE
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A Dharwad nocturne
The setting of this Hindustani classical music programme is surreal. The venue is an ancient sprawling house in a village in north Karnataka. Inside, musicians – both vocalists and instrumentalists – enthral a discerning gathering largely comprising villagers from in … READ MORE
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Music for a Cause
As urban India warms up to eclectic melodies that are churned out each day, core concerns in the music space are looking at fulfilling their CSR obligations by doing their bit. Here’s looking at how, when, why, where this is … READ MORE
An ode to World Music, by the Seven Sisters
Aiyushman Dutta details the celebrations that marked World Music Day across the North East Although the concept of observing World Music Day on 21 June is quite new in Northeast India, it has picked up tremendously in the last few … READ MORE
The REVIVAL Concludes
Divya Naik spent time at the nale of the Revival of the Bandstand Culture in Mumbai recently and loved every minute After acts spanning almost eight weeks, the extravaganza that was the Revival of the Bandstand Culture came … READ MORE
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The ‘Indiependents’ struggle
The Big Horn Fest Prelude in Delhi had Shrinkhla Sahai hooked for all six days. A quick recap of the event The indie music scene in India is emerging as a big playing field for artistes wanting to explore their own … READ MORE
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A date with MUSIC
Aiyushman Dutta spent time at two music festivals held in Guwahati recently, and came away impressed While March was harrowing and nerve-wracking for professionals and the business community on account of the closure of the financial year, the same month … READ MORE
Blending in
The Monte Music Festival proves that Goa isn’t home to just rave and hip hop, writes Frederick Noronha This was a place where intense battles were once fought. Today, centuries later, a scenic hillock at Old Goa, the former colonial … READ MORE
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Serenading the senses
The Saptak School of Music School’s annual festival 2011 –Tarpan was held in Ahmedabad in January. The festival stuck to its traditional dates and began on New Year’s Day and ended on 13 January. The Saptak music festival is not … READ MORE
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