From mid-November extending to early January, Chennai resonates with rich tonalities of ragas, the delicate interplay of melody of rhythm and devotional fervour ...

A new instrumental single, 'Tribute to Dreams,' by composer Jubin, explores the connection between dance training and musical composition. Drawing inspiration from the Shankar family legacy and his ...

Apart from the story, Roja completely transformed Indian cinema with its music. Without Roja, the world might never have met A.R. Rahman, the maestro who went on to redefine music across India and ...

Rumors of MTV’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. In October, it was announced that many of MTV’s subchannels in Europe and South America would be discontinued at the end of 2025. But the social ...

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

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Jazz may have originated in New Orleans in the late 19th century, but New York City is where it expanded—physically, sonically, and culturally. By the 1920s, Harlem had become a national hub, where ...

I’ve always been an Ace guy — from the time I saw that early concert film on HBO back in the ’70s, a choice I wore with pride when Kiss released four solo albums on the same day (such a Kiss move) and ...