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Category: Concert reviews

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A Historic Concert: Pandit Ravi Shankar Bids “Farewell to Bangalore”

Madanmohan Rao February 15, 2012 No Comments

A historic concert was held on February 7: the farewell performance to the city of Bangalore by sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and his daughter…

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“Splendour of Masters” tour: Hindustani + Carnatic Indian classical music, plus Jazz!

Madanmohan Rao February 2, 2012 3 Comments George BrooksIndian classical musicShujaat Husain KhanVikku Vinayakram

One of the more unusual lineups of Indian classical musicians took the audience to new heights of excellence and entertainment: the concert series “Splendour of…

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Les Nubians Accept Who they Are

slb2 January 31, 2012 No Comments

If you want to hide, just cut your hair short, sing Hélène and Célia Faussart, aka Les Nubians, in the funky number, Afrodance, from their…

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Anoushka Shankar and ‘Traveller’ — A raga-flamenco journey

Madanmohan Rao January 29, 2012 No Comments

Sitarist-composer Anoushka Shankar’s 2012 global tour for her latest album “Traveller” touched down in Bangalore on January 22. The album has been released on the…

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Grand Pongal Music Concert by Guruvayoor Dr. T.V. Manikandan

Dr. Saroja Raman January 21, 2012 1 Comment

The Famed Pongal Festival of South India falls on the 15th of January 2012. Makara Sankranthi marks the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi*…

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L. Subramaniam and Global Fusion: Carnatic, African, Arabic and Japanese blends in 2012!

Madanmohan Rao January 14, 2012 No Comments

The world music circuit in India for 2012 kicked off in fine style with the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, starting off in Bangalore and then…

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Warm Richness of Live Malian Music

TJ Nelson October 18, 2011 No Comments

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba at Duke University October 14, 2011 For those of you lucky enough to already have tickets to Bassekou Kouyate‘s and…

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The Veena Festival starts off with a Sparkling Veena Jugalbandi*

Dr. Saroja Raman October 12, 2011 No Comments

It was an apt and sparkling inauguration of the Veena Festival at Chennai jointly organised by the Bharat Veenalaya, Delhi and Sri Krishna Gana Sabha,…

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2nd Annual Rustic Rhythm Music Festival Showcased Drums of Ireland and Ojibwe drummers from USA

Abbey Thompson September 1, 2011 No Comments

The 2nd annual Rustic Rhythm Music Fest brought several different sounds from different cultures to the Boulder Junction Ball Park (Boulder Junction, Wisconsin) on Saturday,…

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Tori Ensemble at WOMAD Charlton Park

Jill Turner August 20, 2011 No Comments

It was midday on Sunday, the third day of the WOMAD festival at Charlton Park and after a big Saturday night, there was already quite…

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