BroadwayWorld

Cantaloupe Music To Release EVENING LIGHT: RAGA CYCLE I By Michael Harrison And Ina Filip

First installment of eight-album series arrives March 20; live performance set for Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival.
Mission Local

With Raga Fest, classical Indian music takes root in a surprising venue

For the past year, percussionist Sameer Gupta’s nonprofit, RootStock Arts, has presented bite-sized programs of classical Indian music at Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery. By turning the ...
Indy Week

N.C. Raga Revival Holds a Space for Indian Classical Music in the Triangle

For hundreds of centuries, raga has formed the backbone of Indian classical music, offering a guideline for musicians to improvise when performed live. Ragas—which roughly translates to “coloring”—are ...
Jazz

The Well-Tempered Raga: Pianist Richard Bennett fuses Indian Classical and Jazz on "New York Swara"

“She kept naming the ragas I was playing,” recalls Bennett, referring to the complex modes and associated ornaments that form the melodic basis for Indian classical music. “Even when I wasn’t ...
Jazz

Indian Classical Music on piano

1 Raga Malkauns - Alap Jod Jhala 28:14 2 Raga Jaijaivanti - Gat in Rupak Tal 16:47 3 Raga Puriya - Alap Jod Jhala 17:35 4 Rhagupati Ragav Raja Ram 4:51 5 Vande Mataram 7:48 Lal releases his sixth ...
PBS

Breaking Down Classical Indian Music: Raga and Tala

Composer Reena Esmail breaks down the difference between raga and tala in Indian classical music, and how their function compares to scales and rhythms in Western classical music. Host Scott Yoo then ...
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How AR Rahman keeps the essence of classical ragas while lending his own flavour to his film songs

Let me, right at the very outset, clarify that an essay on AR Rahman’s use of Indian classical music is not a commentary on Ilaiyaraaja’s use of classical music. In fact, my writing about Rahman does ...

Why Mahesh Kale sees no divide between ragas and contemporary music

Vocalist Mahesh Kale's recent viral performance has sparked interest in raga-inspired Bollywood music. He is now set to ...
The New York Times

With Open Ears, Indian Ragas and Western Melodies Merge

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Amit Chaudhuri charts his musical journey in a new book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.” By Joshua Barone Amit Chaudhuri, an ...
WUNC

Indian Classical Music 101 With Ravi Shankar

The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic (six ...
BroadwayWorld

Michael Harrison Performs Indian Ragas and Compositions for Piano and Tabla With Nitin Mitta

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. On Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 8:30pm ET, composer, pianist and vocalist ...