Long before sitars and tablas ruled the stage, India resonated with the haunting melodies of the Ravanahatha and the deep ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global ...

Tabla has now become a leading global percussion instrument. So, there is a lot of interest in both Indian and non-Indian ...

The Rudra Veena, an ancient and almost forgotten Indian musical instrument, is believed to ... One of them featured Zakir Hussain playing the tabla. I was stunned by his speed — it seemed ...

Niladri Kumar’s sitar strings find a new audience amidst rock acts and rappers at the music festival held recently in Mumbai.

Legendary Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has died at ... 1951 in Mumbai and was taught how to play the instrument by his father at the age of seven. A child prodigy, he began performing ...

New Delhi, When Bismillah Khan played Raag Kafi at the Red Fort on August 15, 1947, it was a momentous breakthrough for the ...

Sarangi has traditionally not been acknowledged as a solo instrument. The tabla too was in a similar position, but in the last 75 years, great maestros established its status as a solo instrument.