One of Debashish Bhattacharya's most remarkable contributions is that he has taken the scope and foundation of the slide guitar, improvised it again and again, thereby designing and creating four entirely new guitars.
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain and singer Hariharan performed ghazals alongside Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan's grandson Faiz Mustafa Khan.
'Being signed on as the leading man of Hero came to me like a bolt out of the blue.'
'Zakir bhai always said, 'koi chala nahi jata hai', he believed even after death, you left something of yourself behind and he has left so much of himself behind.'
'When there was a match, he would be up all night watching it on his laptop with Kishori Amonkarji singing on the side.'
The eulogies will pour for Ustad Zakir Hussain. There will be those who recount his genius, his enterprise, his achievements, his grace, and his charm. I have no selfies or autographs to remember him by, but I will never forget his most generous and gracious gift to me -- one day in heaven, among the celestial ensemble of Indian music.
'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.'
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'
Celebrities from the music fraternity paid their respects to Panditji at his State funeral in north west Mumbai.
Renowned percussionist Pt Subhankar Banerjee died after battling Covid-19 for two months at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family said on Thursday. He was 54.
Amitabh Bachchan, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia were felicitated at the 6th Convocation ceremony of Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods International.
Artistes across the spectrum on Wednesday mourned the demise of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing him as a national treasure and a global ambassador of India's cultural heritage.
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and Santoor exponent Shivkumar Sharma were among the recipients of Sangeet Natak Akademy fellowship and awards given to 47 eminent persons by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Sabri Khan and Zohra Sehgal were given lifetime achievement awards at the fifth DMA Music Festival.
Fantastical musical moments from the International Jazz Day concert in Mumbai.
Annapurna Devi was an Indian surbahar player of Hindustani classical music and she was the daughter and disciple of Allauddin Khan.
Asking people to vote and choose an honest government this Lok Sabha elections, noted flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has said that he "did not see any wave, anywhere" in the country.
A look at the film folk who attended the Zee Classic Timeless Asha concert.
'Amitabh practised Rang Barse well; the singing, movements, everything. And he got the inflections perfectly.'
Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee has been decorated with one of France's top honour.
The actress-turned-politician has sung eight bhajans for the album, and even sang live at its laungh.
An increasing number of young classical musicians are dabbling in fusion music, discovers Aditi Divekar.
'There is no one who can fill the vacuum created by the passing of Girija Devi,' mourns Sunita Budhiraja.
How are we allowing an entire generation to grow up with no clear sense of identity and no knowledge of their incredibly rich cultural heritage, asks Anjuli Bhargava.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
'Anyone who heard her sing was left with a lump in the throat.'
'He was a legend, he changed kathak and brought it to a whole different level.' 'He held very high standards and his energy was beyond imagination. He was god-like to see; he expressed such positive vibes.' Amid dance and music, friends and family mourned the loss of Kathak maestro Pandit Chitresh Das, who passed away on January 4 of a heart ailment. Touching tributes were made for the great dancer. Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports
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