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For Malappuram-based music producer Mohammed Hussain Rahman, popularly known as MHR, his debut album, Valiyaparamb, has been a dream since his teenage days. Inspired by EDM artistes such as Sardor and Sickick, MHR aspired to produce his own album long before his career took off. However, it took him several years before he could start…
Ganesh Murali Iyer with Ed Sheeran | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In between a jam session with Ed Sheeran in Goa earlier this year, 24-year-old Ganesh Murali Iyer whipped out his phone and opened YouTube. He played a solo mridangam piece performed at a concert by his guru, the renowned Umayalapuram K Sivaraman. “Ed Sheeran…
Age is just a number until you meet S Hariharan, and suddenly it seems all your excuses for not being a better version of yourself have deserted you. At 92, he is perhaps India’s oldest and still performing flautists and will be launching his debut album this Diwali. Titled Gems of Carnatic Music, the album…
In a career spanning 35 years, seasoned guitarist-composer Sanjay Divecha has been a part of many bands, including notable ones such as Cross Currents with Zakir Hussain. In the past, he has played for and performed with the likes of Dave Holland, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Potter, Eddie Daniels, Shankar Mahadevan and Louiz Banks, Angelique Kidjo,…
The album’s cover showcases Menty Jamir’s photo of singer-songwriter Ditty in the forests of Aravallis | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Verse by verse, chorus by chorus, singer-songwriter Ditty unfolds the uncomfortable layers of society in a sonic space so melodically comforting that it lulls the listener of her new album, KĀLĪ, into a dream of an…
Two photographs, a Yashica 635 camera, and the weight of grief orchestrate a symphony of jazz in the creative world of Tarun Balani, who is all set to release his fourth album Kadahin Milandaasin in May. Intended to be an empathetic epistle to the pain and longing of migrants, the seven-track album has been recorded,…
RM in ‘Right People Wrong Place’ The music video for RM’s song ‘Lost’, from his album ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’, begins with a poster that says, “Inside Namjoon’s head”. We soon find ourselves transported into a maze, to a chat show called ‘The Lost Show’ starring RM, as he navigates long corridors that lead nowhere,…
