Features

How BalconyTV India founder Kavi Bhansali built a digital hub for independent music in the country

Vinayak GuptaAugust 2, 2018

Out of all the music content startups that have helped elevate the independent music scene across the world, BalconyTV is perhaps the most notable for its production quality, concept and curation.

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How Alokananda Dasgupta delivered the stunning soundtrack for Netflix’s Sacred Games

Aakriti MehrotraJuly 14, 2018

"I am not used to this kind of attention. I wasn't expecting this reception at all. It obviously feels amazing, really makes the hard work worth it," says Alokananda Dasgupta, the woman behind the stunning soundtrack of Netflix's Sacred Games.

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Rising Corner on spreading mental health awareness through their music

Sukanya AgrawalJuly 11, 2018

This is the first time that Neill Braganza and Suma Sundararajan are working together on a project. They both believe that Rising Corner is just getting started and won't be over anytime soon.

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Bangalore musician Shrawan Banerjee talks about his multiple monikers

Shashwat MohantyJuly 10, 2018

"The first couple of years, I pretty much learnt from ultimateguitar.com printouts and playing Nirvana songs," says Shrawan Banerjee who releases music under monikers hazelgreen and Stoned Seahorse.

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Film songs cutting across cultures and languages

Nagarajan NatarajanJune 20, 2018

The preparedness of audiences for pan-Indian and global music and that of the creators for inclusive sounds is on the rise.

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Anirudh Varma on how the sixty-five artists of his collective came to be

Meghana PottaJune 19, 2018

“My debut album Perspectives is an attempt to bring together a community of musicians, and their diverse musical sensibilities and work in a space that would allow them to explore their perspective and identity within the context of contemporary Hindustani Classical Music,” says Anirudh Varma

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Amanda Sodhi on her struggles as a female independent musician in India

Sukanya AgrawalJune 12, 2018

Amanda Sodhi has tried to make full-length albums twice, but never succeeded. Having worked in the industry for so long, she knows the struggle all too well. She now hopes to release one next year, in 2019.

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Apple chart-topper Sutej Singh is still surprised by the success of ‘The Emerging’

Shashwat MohantyJune 11, 2018

From taking guitar lessons on YouTube to releasing a chart-topping instrumental album = Sutej Singh

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Shadow and Light on the listening culture in India and the USA

Sukanya AgrawalMay 26, 2018

This month, Shadow and Light returned to India after spending several weeks touring the USA under the umbrella of Learnquest Music Conference. The #SabarTour was a big hit in the States.

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Composer M Ghibran is carving a definitive niche in the south

Nagarajan NatarajanMay 25, 2018

Among the composers that marched into the scene around the turn of the decade, and slowly but surely built a niche in the Tamil, and to some extent in Telugu, filmdom is M Ghibran.

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Features

How BalconyTV India founder Kavi Bhansali built a digital hub for independent music in the country

How Alokananda Dasgupta delivered the stunning soundtrack for Netflix’s Sacred Games

Rising Corner on spreading mental health awareness through their music

Bangalore musician Shrawan Banerjee talks about his multiple monikers

Film songs cutting across cultures and languages

Anirudh Varma on how the sixty-five artists of his collective came to be

Amanda Sodhi on her struggles as a female independent musician in India

Apple chart-topper Sutej Singh is still surprised by the success of ‘The Emerging’

Shadow and Light on the listening culture in India and the USA

Composer M Ghibran is carving a definitive niche in the south