The Ravanahatha is one of the oldest bowed string instruments in the world. It is made from a coconut shell resonator, a bamboo neck, and a horsehair bow. This combination produces a raw, haunting ...

The tabla is one of the most recognized and influential percussion instruments in Indian classical music. Known for its complex rhythms and intricate techniques, the tabla plays a central role in both ...

You may be familiar with instruments like sitar, veena, tabla, harmonium, and even the tanpura. But do you really think you know your country and its music? This article will open your eyes to the ...

NORWALK — Milan Ganatra is at once a traditionalist and a progressive. For much of his life, the 21-year-old Norwalk man has striven for mastery of the tabla, an Indian percussion instrument comprised ...

The Music of Northern India is a motley collection of musical instruments and concepts as a mixture of cultural and religious sentiments as sampled from traditional Hindu themes and Persian ...

Zakir Hussain was the scion of Hindustani music’s greatest percussion dynasty, and as word of his unexpected death started circulating online, the outpouring of dismay resounded from just about every ...

India is a rhythmically diverse nation, where every region nurtures and practises its own percussive dialect. To unify this musical spirit, the Mahindra Percussion Festival, organised in association ...