Mita Nag – Seduced by the Sitar
The sitarist Mita Nag is, as we say, her father’s daughter. It was Ira Landgarten’s New York-based label Raga Records that first planted her father Manilal Nag’s music in my head in the 1990s.
24 December 2015
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Bahauddin Dagar – Morning Bliss
You know what it’s like when you’re reading a really great book… you can peek to see how many pages remain. When you’re in a really great Hindustani recital, there’s no knowing how many ‘pages’ are left.
24 December 2015
Do Not Yet Fold Your Wings
Renaissance iconography and traditional Indian dance converge when a crimson sari of intense contrast folds and contours around the dancing figure of Bengali artist Bisakha Sarker MBE.
24 December 2015
Zakir Hussain: Masters of Percussion
In 1994 the San Anselmo, CA-based Moment! record label released an album with the title Masters of Percussion. It was a ten-piece percussion ensemble that the tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had gathered together.
19 December 2015
Shivkumar Sharma – Re-inventor of the Santoor
Ken Hunt’s profile of the musician who dreams of playing such music that the audience forgets to clap.
14 September 2015
Zakir Hussain – Speaking a language, telling a story
Our exclusive interview with the master of eloquence in rhythm. By Ken Hunt.
14 September 2015
Reaching Out to the Unknown – Conversations with Pelva Naik and Mita Nag
Jahnavi Harrison learns about their musical backgrounds and the place of love and communion in music from Dhrupad singer Pelva Naik and sitar player Mita Nag.
14 September 2015
In Conversation – Urja Desai Thakore
It has been a remarkable year for this kathak dancer and choreographer. Interview by Sanjeevini Dutta.
14 September 2015
Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond
As one would expect from such a renowned critic and dance writer, Leela Venkataraman’s latest book is painstakingly researched and benefits from both the author’s balanced, analytic approach and the constellation of beautiful dance photographs scattered throughout.
14 September 2015