Dhrupad, the pristine musical form of Hindustani classical music, is derived from the ancient chhand-prabandh gayan. Dhrupad offered a compositional structure to the abstract raag. Swami Haridas and ...

The word wild pops up often in colonial descriptions of the tappa, a dazzlingly fast-paced, quirky music form that revels in the art of the unpredictable. “Wild but pleasing when understood,” says ...

Over twenty years into her tenure as the poetic, canonical singer-songwriter of contemporary R&B, Alicia Keys is still turning corners in her music career. The classically-trained artist began ...

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