New Delhi, March 8 -- In a New Delhi studio, flautist Ajay Prasanna finishes a take and turns to look through the control room window. On the other side of the glass, he sees Damon Albarn and Jamie He... Read More
New Delhi, March 2 -- Twenty years ago, J Dilla changed the sound of hip-hop. The Detroit producer's second solo album Donuts-released on his 32nd birthday, on 7 February 2006-is a masterclass in post... Read More
India, Feb. 22 -- In the early 2000s, as a cub reporter writing my first gig reviews, I worried all the time about getting the setlist wrong. I would stand in the front row, notebook in hand, jotting ... Read More
India, Feb. 20 -- In the early 2000s, as a cub reporter writing my first gig reviews, I worried all the time about getting the setlist wrong. I would stand in the front row, notebook in hand, jotting... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- In late 2024, Mumbai/Pune rapper Shreyas Sagvekar received a call from a French friend, who was visiting Dubai. The friend had gone out clubbing the night before and heard a trac... Read More
India, Jan. 23 -- A few years ago, historian Shashank Shekhar Sinha was sightseeing in Mandu, the fortress town in Madhya Pradesh, accompanied by a local tour guide. The young man's stories about the ... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- Deep in the rainforests of Central and South America lives the common basilisk, a largely unremarkable little lizard that has one fantastical ability-when threatened, it can run ... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- 2025 felt like a year where popular music was in transition, with many of the big, established stars either choosing not to release an album or dropping proper clangers (looking ... Read More