Kaahon Music Wall

kaahon
Jul 29, 2018
Music Update

Instrument making, the Sitar…cold backstories of Indian classical music

One of the most popular Indian classical instruments, the Sitar has a rich and complex heritage. Having its origin dated...more

kaahon
Jul 19, 2018
Music Update

The Esraj story, the evolution through Bishnupur gharana and Tagore

The esraj, also called the Indian harp, is a string instrument found in two forms throughout the north, central, and east regions...more

kaahon
May 09, 2018
Music Update

Spanish Veena: A new member in Indian classical music family

Over the last few years, with the emergence of new technical advancements, the creative art has witnessed a conscious attempt of...more

kaahon
Apr 25, 2018
Music Update

ASHRAM, a mash-up of Indian Ethnic Melodies with Electronica

The Ashram project, which tries to interpret songs from the Indian sub-continent within a soundscape that is...more

kaahon
Mar 03, 2018
Music Update

Carsten Wicke: Every instrument is the voice of the instrumentalist

Carsten Wicke, a Rudra Veena player and manufacturer, who lives in Kolkata, India, was born and brought up...more

kaahon
Jan 26, 2018
Music Update

Acharya Jayanta Bose: A confluence of art forms into music

Acharya Jayanta Bose is a versatile singer, musician and composer of Bengal. Hailing from a family of renowned musicians...more

kaahon
Nov 29, 2017
Music Update

Pt. Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, contemporary forever

Considered as one of the greatest performers of Khyal in India, Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay was born on...more

kaahon
Oct 17, 2017
Music Update

Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya: Sliding Indian Classical Music on Guitar

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya perhaps holds the unique position in the world of Indian Classical Music, in terms of instruments as well as...more

kaahon
Aug 30, 2017
Music Update

Alla Rakha Kalawant: Sarangi, the closest musical instrument to human voice

AllaRakha Kalawant is one of the most recognized names among the contemporary Sarangi players in India. His basic training was...more

kaahon
Aug 08, 2017
Music Update

Tanmoy Bose: In search of a soundscape to reach youth

Tanmoy Bose is one of the most eminent Indian Classical musicians of the contemporary era. Besides being a...more

kaahon
Jul 11, 2017
Music Update

Naba Kumar Kanji: An artisan behind the art of playing Sarod

Indian Classical Music, with its rich repository of musical gems and a long heritage of practice, has also been a global phenomenon. Keeping in mind their immense contribution, this worldwide appeal of...more

kaahon
Jun 14, 2017
Music Update

Pt. Jyoti Goho: Listening more than playing with harmonium

An Indian Classical musician of highest order, Jyoti Goho is widely renowned for his Harmonium accompaniment. He had his initiation in the hands of...more

kaahon
May 20, 2017
Music Update

The Travelling Archive: A sonic journey taking a vertical plunge into Time

Moushumi Bhowmik is one of the most significant artists to emerge during the 1990s. A singer-songwriter par excellence, she is known to perform...more

kaahon
Feb 10, 2017
Music Update

Gopal & Madhu Barman: Making own independent space with Shree Khol & Tabla

Gopal and Madhusudan better known as the Barman Brothers, took their baby steps into the world of music almost at a toddler stage ...more

kaahon
Jan 08, 2017
Music Update

Harekrishna Halder: Dreaming Shree Khol to be appreciated as an individual instrument

Harekrishna Halder is considered to be among the most acclaimed exponents of Shree Khol in contemporary times.more

kaahon
Dec 15, 2016
Music Update

Somnath Roy: Striking a common thread in Hindustani & Karnataki

Somnath Roy is one of the rare classical music artistes who started out as a versatile North Indian musician and then seriously pursuing South Indian percussion more

kaahon
Jun 01, 2016
Music Update

Understanding, feeling and fusing….

Contrary to the puritan and traditional Indian way of looking at fusion, Jonathan Kay perceives it in the logic of appropriation and enrichment. Hmore

kaahon
May 07, 2016
Music Update

Kalikaprasad: Folk forms struggle to survive

Kalikaprasad strongly emphasizes on the point that for any art to endure, the artiste needs to survive.more

kaahon
Apr 28, 2016
Music Update

Shayne Hyrapiet: Connecting women ensures success in gigs

For Shayne Hyrapiet, the passion largely gripped him when he started singing in church choir during high school and began participating in the inter college competitions. more

kaahon
Apr 22, 2016
Music Update

Reworking 90s’ Band magic @ Independent Music remains orphan

As a band, Rollywood is highly influenced by the ethos of Bangla Band music of 1990s, which set them on their musical journey. In the course of itmore

kaahon
Apr 04, 2016
Music Update

Kaushiki disagrees @ Gen-Y lacks interest in classical music

Kaushiki Chakraborty simply lashes out at the mere suggestion that the cotemporary generation lacks interest in Classical Music. more

kaahon
Apr 02, 2016
Music Update

Rita Ganguly: So-called acting training doesn’t work in film

Rita Ganguly, famous singer-dancer and ex-teacher at National School of Drama (NSD) has a deep interest in films as she feels that cinema is the most powerful art form of the time incorporating every other existing form of both performing as well as plastic arts.more

kaahon
Mar 16, 2016
Music Update

Venkatesh Kumar: Climbing social ladder with Classical Music

Looking back at his initiation in classical music Pandit M. Venkatesh Kumar feels that music doesn’t have any divisions in itself. However theremore

kaahon
Mar 07, 2016
Music Update

Pandit Shankar Ghosh: Maestro shared with Kaahon

An exponent of the Farukhabad Gharana had for over five decades regaled audiences both in India and abroad with his unique baaj (style) of playingmore

kaahon
Feb 21, 2016
Music Update

Debojyoti Bose asserts on playing music, not the instrument

Debojyoti Bose sees no reason why one has to learn playing Sarod from another Sarod player; a musician doesn’t learn an instrument, learns music.more

kaahon
Feb 03, 2016
Music Update

Subir Roy demonstrates various flutes@local and global tones

Flautist Subir Roy gives an enlightening presentation about his instrument of choice in a musical event called Mehfil supported by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS) recently.more

kaahon
Jan 22, 2016
Music Update

Acoustik: Growing with the city, growing with R&B

The music played by Acoustik can be called folksy R&B, according to Klein, Chris and Shreya. more

kaahon
Jan 04, 2016
Music Update

Anik Dhar holds for being rigorous in the age of easy music

According to Anik Dhar, music has turned out to be an experience of sound, produced largely by applying certain modern technologies.more

kaahon
Dec 23, 2015
Music Update

Silajit teases: Tagore is safe cultural buffer for Bengalis

Silajit is a doubtless oddity in Bengali music. Despite his apparent casual demeanor and disregard for conventional practices, Silajit feels nothing but absolute reverence when it comes to Rabindranath Tagore. more

kaahon
Oct 26, 2015
Music Update

Spontaneity is the driving force of Kendraka’s music

Making his strict aversion for the term fusion quite clear, Bumpy declares that Kendraka can only be described as contemporary Indian music.more

kaahon
Sep 12, 2015
Music Update

Manilal-Mita Nag brood over the survival of classical music

The times we are living in seem to be quite a disheartening topic for both Manilal as well as Mita Nag. more

kaahon
Aug 29, 2015
Music Update

Sanjay Chakraborty fights with America through musical ideas

For classical music artist Sanjay Chakraborty, music has an exclusive definition pertaining only to the manner of his own learning and understanding, which has major spiritual overtones.more

kaahon
Aug 21, 2015
Music Update

Monojit Datta agrees to human errors, not @ cost of music

Monojit Datta is a strict believer in sticking to the basics when it comes to music.more

kaahon
Aug 10, 2015
Music Update

Riding on rhythms with wastes, for a better future

Sanjay Mondal of Kolkata Creative Waste Art Centre narrates his vis-à-vis the band’s story that sounds something straight out of fiction.more

kaahon
Jul 29, 2015
Music Update

Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri affirms music as his religion

Classical music artist Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri is seemingly obsessed with the idea of roots and origins when it comes to music. more

kaahon
Jul 14, 2015
Music Update

Paul Mullick and his melodies of old Park Street, Calcutta

For saxophonist Paul Mullick, his passion for music is almost synonymous to the days or rather evening he spent playing for the crowd at various iconic restaurants and venues at Park Street.more

kaahon
May 26, 2015
Music Update

Pota disagrees to up-tempo numbers as only Bangla Band

Folk music has always been a deep passion and a strong point for Abhijit Barman aka Pota.more

kaahon
May 16, 2015
Music Update

Rolling against the road of Bangla Band music

Keeping in mind the context of practicing Bangla Band music, Road Roller is more than aware of the uphill task ahead of them. more

kaahon
Apr 20, 2015
Music Update

Anindya Bose @ Bangla Bands grew in age, their music didn’t

Talking about the origins of Bangla Band music, Anindya Bose states that the entire had a very bright beginning.more

kaahon
Apr 05, 2015
Music Update

Pinky flashes on success of Bangla Band and its cost!

Following much hurdles, conflicts and obstacles, Cactus succeeded in making it really big in Bangla Band music! more

kaahon
Apr 05, 2015
Music Update

Chandrabindoo stumbles @ 9th, leaves it for future listeners

After ruling the Bangla Band music charts with eight albums, Upal of Chandrabindoo, one of the most prominent Bands in this music scenario, sounds equally satisfied and grateful for their success and acceptance. more

kaahon
Mar 29, 2015
Music Update

Sidhu refuses to admit dwindling status of Bangla Band Music

Asked about the overall position of Bangla Band music, Sidhu feels that the resurgence of Bengali film music has definitely altered the scenario and the market dynamics. more

kaahon
Mar 21, 2015
Music Update

Amyt Datta learns from life and his students as well

Being a music artist, Amyt Datta feels that his position as a teacher is special. For him, teaching is anything but a one-way trafficmore

kaahon
Feb 24, 2015
Music Update

Somnath Roy calls for a new Gharana, Hindustani Ghatam

Carnatic music artist, percussionist Somnath Roy is in the process of developing his music with Ghatam.more

kaahon
Jan 31, 2015
Music Update

Kalikaprasad delineates so-called mainstream as an urban concept

Talking about prevalent and popular forms versus folk music, Kalikaprasad feels that the broad idea of mainstream and the logic of market economy don’t always work.more

kaahon
Dec 31, 2014
Music Update

Ed Hanley, a story of “West meets East”!

Ed Hanley started out as a self taught guitar player who wanted to shift to drums and percussion. more

kaahon
Dec 18, 2014
Music Update

Gabu is musically enriched playing beyond Bangla Band

Gaurab Chatterjee (Gabu) of Lakkhichhara looks back at his career curve and the way it has branched out from Bangla band music in different musical directions over the years.more

kaahon
Nov 27, 2014
Music Update

Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta sheds his lights on fusion music

According to Indian classical music artist Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta, the idea of fusion is much more than mere mixing of Indian and Western instruments to produce a sound.more

kaahon
Oct 25, 2014
Music Update

Rita Ganguly travels intense into her musical memory lanes

Recalling the memories of her idols, one of the most important performing artists of our time and essentially a classical music artist Rita Ganguly vehemently argues against the notion of rivalry between Begum Akhtar and Siddheshwari Devi. more

kaahon
Oct 20, 2014
Music Update

Kaushiki met equal expertise in Coke Studio as in Classical

Kaushiki Chakraborty recounts the feeling of elated surprise when her live music album “Pure” won an award at the BBC.more

kaahon
Oct 01, 2014
Music Update

Kalika claims ‘Media’ as an unfit platform for finer music

According to Kalika Prasad of Dohar (a folk music band), performing arts should ideally not be dependent on the media. more

kaahon
Sep 13, 2014
Music Update

Rupankar prefers human error in Music

Rupankar Bagchi emphasizes on the fact that even amid the Bangla band music ethos, he always wanted to be a solo performer and never a band’s front man.more

kaahon
Aug 27, 2014
Music Update

Abhijit Barman aka Pota’s music began at college canteen

Abhijit Barman better known as Pota recounts his entry into so-called Bangla Band music.more

kaahon
Aug 16, 2014
Music Update

Kanishka (Pinky) remembers the days when Cactus was born

Discovering a new Bangla song was almost a pathological need for Kanishka (Pinky) and his generation. more

kaahon
Aug 05, 2014
Music Update

Sidhu was not happy being namesake to ex-chief minister

Siddhartha Shankar Ray, better known as Sidhu, one of the biggest names in Bangla Band Music, sounds bemused as he recounts the roots and consequences of his name. more

kaahon
Jul 20, 2014
Music Update

Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri defines Tabla as a language

Tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri explains the nuanced art of the instrument and how it can reciprocate the intonation of any spoken word.more

kaahon
Jul 13, 2014
Music Update

Silajit believes “Tunir Maa” is phenomenal Bengali music

Be it in case of Bengali music or even more specifically Bangla Band Songs, Shilajit believes in calling a spade a spade. more

kaahon
Jul 12, 2014
Music Update

Subhen defines Fusion Music as expression of restless life

According to classical music artist Subhen Chatterjee, restlessness is the primary symptom of modern life.more

kaahon
Jul 05, 2014
Music Update

Amyt Datta hates “second hand” music shows

Amyt Datta lashes out against the notion of making a career out of playing covers in second hand style! more

kaahon
Jul 03, 2014
Music Update

Manilal Nag- Life of a Classical Music artiste

Classical music artiste Manilal Nag bears a legacy of Bengali music that cuts across six generations of musicians practicing Bishnupur Gharana.more

kaahon
Jan 08, 2014
Music Update

Amyt Datta expects audience to be more open

Guitar maestro, Amyt Dutta firmly believes that evolution of a new form requires input from both the music artist as well as the audience.more

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kaahon
Jul 29, 2018
Music Update

Instrument making, the Sitar…cold backstories of Indian classical music

One of the most popular Indian classical instruments, the Sitar has a rich and complex heritage. Having its origin dated...more

kaahon
Jul 19, 2018
Music Update

The Esraj story, the evolution through Bishnupur gharana and Tagore

The esraj, also called the Indian harp, is a string instrument found in two forms throughout the north, central, and east regions...more

kaahon
May 09, 2018
Music Update

Spanish Veena: A new member in Indian classical music family

Over the last few years, with the emergence of new technical advancements, the creative art has witnessed a conscious attempt of...more

kaahon
Apr 25, 2018
Music Update

ASHRAM, a mash-up of Indian Ethnic Melodies with Electronica

The Ashram project, which tries to interpret songs from the Indian sub-continent within a soundscape that is...more

kaahon
Mar 03, 2018
Music Update

Carsten Wicke: Every instrument is the voice of the instrumentalist

Carsten Wicke, a Rudra Veena player and manufacturer, who lives in Kolkata, India, was born and brought up...more

kaahon
Jan 26, 2018
Music Update

Acharya Jayanta Bose: A confluence of art forms into music

Acharya Jayanta Bose is a versatile singer, musician and composer of Bengal. Hailing from a family of renowned musicians...more

kaahon
Nov 29, 2017
Music Update

Pt. Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, contemporary forever

Considered as one of the greatest performers of Khyal in India, Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay was born on...more

kaahon
Oct 17, 2017
Music Update

Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya: Sliding Indian Classical Music on Guitar

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya perhaps holds the unique position in the world of Indian Classical Music, in terms of instruments as well as...more

kaahon
Aug 30, 2017
Music Update

Alla Rakha Kalawant: Sarangi, the closest musical instrument to human voice

AllaRakha Kalawant is one of the most recognized names among the contemporary Sarangi players in India. His basic training was...more

kaahon
Aug 08, 2017
Music Update

Tanmoy Bose: In search of a soundscape to reach youth

Tanmoy Bose is one of the most eminent Indian Classical musicians of the contemporary era. Besides being a...more

kaahon
Jul 11, 2017
Music Update

Naba Kumar Kanji: An artisan behind the art of playing Sarod

Indian Classical Music, with its rich repository of musical gems and a long heritage of practice, has also been a global phenomenon. Keeping in mind their immense contribution, this worldwide appeal of...more

kaahon
Jun 14, 2017
Music Update

Pt. Jyoti Goho: Listening more than playing with harmonium

An Indian Classical musician of highest order, Jyoti Goho is widely renowned for his Harmonium accompaniment. He had his initiation in the hands of...more

kaahon
May 20, 2017
Music Update

The Travelling Archive: A sonic journey taking a vertical plunge into Time

Moushumi Bhowmik is one of the most significant artists to emerge during the 1990s. A singer-songwriter par excellence, she is known to perform...more

kaahon
Feb 10, 2017
Music Update

Gopal & Madhu Barman: Making own independent space with Shree Khol & Tabla

Gopal and Madhusudan better known as the Barman Brothers, took their baby steps into the world of music almost at a toddler stage ...more

kaahon
Jan 08, 2017
Music Update

Harekrishna Halder: Dreaming Shree Khol to be appreciated as an individual instrument

Harekrishna Halder is considered to be among the most acclaimed exponents of Shree Khol in contemporary times.more

kaahon
Dec 15, 2016
Music Update

Somnath Roy: Striking a common thread in Hindustani & Karnataki

Somnath Roy is one of the rare classical music artistes who started out as a versatile North Indian musician and then seriously pursuing South Indian percussion more

kaahon
Jun 01, 2016
Music Update

Understanding, feeling and fusing….

Contrary to the puritan and traditional Indian way of looking at fusion, Jonathan Kay perceives it in the logic of appropriation and enrichment. Hmore

kaahon
May 07, 2016
Music Update

Kalikaprasad: Folk forms struggle to survive

Kalikaprasad strongly emphasizes on the point that for any art to endure, the artiste needs to survive.more

kaahon
Apr 28, 2016
Music Update

Shayne Hyrapiet: Connecting women ensures success in gigs

For Shayne Hyrapiet, the passion largely gripped him when he started singing in church choir during high school and began participating in the inter college competitions. more

kaahon
Apr 22, 2016
Music Update

Reworking 90s’ Band magic @ Independent Music remains orphan

As a band, Rollywood is highly influenced by the ethos of Bangla Band music of 1990s, which set them on their musical journey. In the course of itmore

kaahon
Apr 04, 2016
Music Update

Kaushiki disagrees @ Gen-Y lacks interest in classical music

Kaushiki Chakraborty simply lashes out at the mere suggestion that the cotemporary generation lacks interest in Classical Music. more

kaahon
Apr 02, 2016
Music Update

Rita Ganguly: So-called acting training doesn’t work in film

Rita Ganguly, famous singer-dancer and ex-teacher at National School of Drama (NSD) has a deep interest in films as she feels that cinema is the most powerful art form of the time incorporating every other existing form of both performing as well as plastic arts.more

kaahon
Mar 16, 2016
Music Update

Venkatesh Kumar: Climbing social ladder with Classical Music

Looking back at his initiation in classical music Pandit M. Venkatesh Kumar feels that music doesn’t have any divisions in itself. However theremore

kaahon
Mar 07, 2016
Music Update

Pandit Shankar Ghosh: Maestro shared with Kaahon

An exponent of the Farukhabad Gharana had for over five decades regaled audiences both in India and abroad with his unique baaj (style) of playingmore

kaahon
Feb 21, 2016
Music Update

Debojyoti Bose asserts on playing music, not the instrument

Debojyoti Bose sees no reason why one has to learn playing Sarod from another Sarod player; a musician doesn’t learn an instrument, learns music.more

kaahon
Feb 03, 2016
Music Update

Subir Roy demonstrates various flutes@local and global tones

Flautist Subir Roy gives an enlightening presentation about his instrument of choice in a musical event called Mehfil supported by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS) recently.more

kaahon
Jan 22, 2016
Music Update

Acoustik: Growing with the city, growing with R&B

The music played by Acoustik can be called folksy R&B, according to Klein, Chris and Shreya. more

kaahon
Jan 04, 2016
Music Update

Anik Dhar holds for being rigorous in the age of easy music

According to Anik Dhar, music has turned out to be an experience of sound, produced largely by applying certain modern technologies.more

kaahon
Dec 23, 2015
Music Update

Silajit teases: Tagore is safe cultural buffer for Bengalis

Silajit is a doubtless oddity in Bengali music. Despite his apparent casual demeanor and disregard for conventional practices, Silajit feels nothing but absolute reverence when it comes to Rabindranath Tagore. more

kaahon
Oct 26, 2015
Music Update

Spontaneity is the driving force of Kendraka’s music

Making his strict aversion for the term fusion quite clear, Bumpy declares that Kendraka can only be described as contemporary Indian music.more

kaahon
Sep 12, 2015
Music Update

Manilal-Mita Nag brood over the survival of classical music

The times we are living in seem to be quite a disheartening topic for both Manilal as well as Mita Nag. more

kaahon
Aug 29, 2015
Music Update

Sanjay Chakraborty fights with America through musical ideas

For classical music artist Sanjay Chakraborty, music has an exclusive definition pertaining only to the manner of his own learning and understanding, which has major spiritual overtones.more

kaahon
Aug 21, 2015
Music Update

Monojit Datta agrees to human errors, not @ cost of music

Monojit Datta is a strict believer in sticking to the basics when it comes to music.more

kaahon
Aug 10, 2015
Music Update

Riding on rhythms with wastes, for a better future

Sanjay Mondal of Kolkata Creative Waste Art Centre narrates his vis-à-vis the band’s story that sounds something straight out of fiction.more

kaahon
Jul 29, 2015
Music Update

Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri affirms music as his religion

Classical music artist Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri is seemingly obsessed with the idea of roots and origins when it comes to music. more

kaahon
Jul 14, 2015
Music Update

Paul Mullick and his melodies of old Park Street, Calcutta

For saxophonist Paul Mullick, his passion for music is almost synonymous to the days or rather evening he spent playing for the crowd at various iconic restaurants and venues at Park Street.more

kaahon
May 26, 2015
Music Update

Pota disagrees to up-tempo numbers as only Bangla Band

Folk music has always been a deep passion and a strong point for Abhijit Barman aka Pota.more

kaahon
May 16, 2015
Music Update

Rolling against the road of Bangla Band music

Keeping in mind the context of practicing Bangla Band music, Road Roller is more than aware of the uphill task ahead of them. more

kaahon
Apr 20, 2015
Music Update

Anindya Bose @ Bangla Bands grew in age, their music didn’t

Talking about the origins of Bangla Band music, Anindya Bose states that the entire had a very bright beginning.more

kaahon
Apr 05, 2015
Music Update

Pinky flashes on success of Bangla Band and its cost!

Following much hurdles, conflicts and obstacles, Cactus succeeded in making it really big in Bangla Band music! more

kaahon
Apr 05, 2015
Music Update

Chandrabindoo stumbles @ 9th, leaves it for future listeners

After ruling the Bangla Band music charts with eight albums, Upal of Chandrabindoo, one of the most prominent Bands in this music scenario, sounds equally satisfied and grateful for their success and acceptance. more

kaahon
Mar 29, 2015
Music Update

Sidhu refuses to admit dwindling status of Bangla Band Music

Asked about the overall position of Bangla Band music, Sidhu feels that the resurgence of Bengali film music has definitely altered the scenario and the market dynamics. more

kaahon
Mar 21, 2015
Music Update

Amyt Datta learns from life and his students as well

Being a music artist, Amyt Datta feels that his position as a teacher is special. For him, teaching is anything but a one-way trafficmore

kaahon
Feb 24, 2015
Music Update

Somnath Roy calls for a new Gharana, Hindustani Ghatam

Carnatic music artist, percussionist Somnath Roy is in the process of developing his music with Ghatam.more

kaahon
Jan 31, 2015
Music Update

Kalikaprasad delineates so-called mainstream as an urban concept

Talking about prevalent and popular forms versus folk music, Kalikaprasad feels that the broad idea of mainstream and the logic of market economy don’t always work.more

kaahon
Dec 31, 2014
Music Update

Ed Hanley, a story of “West meets East”!

Ed Hanley started out as a self taught guitar player who wanted to shift to drums and percussion. more

kaahon
Dec 18, 2014
Music Update

Gabu is musically enriched playing beyond Bangla Band

Gaurab Chatterjee (Gabu) of Lakkhichhara looks back at his career curve and the way it has branched out from Bangla band music in different musical directions over the years.more

kaahon
Nov 27, 2014
Music Update

Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta sheds his lights on fusion music

According to Indian classical music artist Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta, the idea of fusion is much more than mere mixing of Indian and Western instruments to produce a sound.more

kaahon
Oct 25, 2014
Music Update

Rita Ganguly travels intense into her musical memory lanes

Recalling the memories of her idols, one of the most important performing artists of our time and essentially a classical music artist Rita Ganguly vehemently argues against the notion of rivalry between Begum Akhtar and Siddheshwari Devi. more

kaahon
Oct 20, 2014
Music Update

Kaushiki met equal expertise in Coke Studio as in Classical

Kaushiki Chakraborty recounts the feeling of elated surprise when her live music album “Pure” won an award at the BBC.more

kaahon
Oct 01, 2014
Music Update

Kalika claims ‘Media’ as an unfit platform for finer music

According to Kalika Prasad of Dohar (a folk music band), performing arts should ideally not be dependent on the media. more

kaahon
Sep 13, 2014
Music Update

Rupankar prefers human error in Music

Rupankar Bagchi emphasizes on the fact that even amid the Bangla band music ethos, he always wanted to be a solo performer and never a band’s front man.more

kaahon
Aug 27, 2014
Music Update

Abhijit Barman aka Pota’s music began at college canteen

Abhijit Barman better known as Pota recounts his entry into so-called Bangla Band music.more

kaahon
Aug 16, 2014
Music Update

Kanishka (Pinky) remembers the days when Cactus was born

Discovering a new Bangla song was almost a pathological need for Kanishka (Pinky) and his generation. more

kaahon
Aug 05, 2014
Music Update

Sidhu was not happy being namesake to ex-chief minister

Siddhartha Shankar Ray, better known as Sidhu, one of the biggest names in Bangla Band Music, sounds bemused as he recounts the roots and consequences of his name. more

kaahon
Jul 20, 2014
Music Update

Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri defines Tabla as a language

Tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri explains the nuanced art of the instrument and how it can reciprocate the intonation of any spoken word.more

kaahon
Jul 13, 2014
Music Update

Silajit believes “Tunir Maa” is phenomenal Bengali music

Be it in case of Bengali music or even more specifically Bangla Band Songs, Shilajit believes in calling a spade a spade. more

kaahon
Jul 12, 2014
Music Update

Subhen defines Fusion Music as expression of restless life

According to classical music artist Subhen Chatterjee, restlessness is the primary symptom of modern life.more

kaahon
Jul 05, 2014
Music Update

Amyt Datta hates “second hand” music shows

Amyt Datta lashes out against the notion of making a career out of playing covers in second hand style! more

kaahon
Jul 03, 2014
Music Update

Manilal Nag- Life of a Classical Music artiste

Classical music artiste Manilal Nag bears a legacy of Bengali music that cuts across six generations of musicians practicing Bishnupur Gharana.more

kaahon
Jan 08, 2014
Music Update

Amyt Datta expects audience to be more open

Guitar maestro, Amyt Dutta firmly believes that evolution of a new form requires input from both the music artist as well as the audience.more

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