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 ...

Experience the depth and emotion of Begum Parveen Sultana’s rendition of Raga Malkauns. A powerful example of Indian ...

Subramanian is a technology executive and classic music teacher. She lives in Carmel Valley. One of my earliest childhood memories is of listening to and learning the South Indian classical music ...

Likhati, a blog on classical music, introduces us to the seven notes of Indian classical music. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to ...

While most industry conversation around the crossover of south Asian music tends to focus on pop and hip-hop artists, some of ...

Learn about the history, and future, of the musical art form. Devesh Chandra started playing the tabla (Indian hand drums) at age three, learning from the sounds of Northern Indian classical music ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Did you know that for nearly two weeks in April every year, Cleveland is the home to the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India? Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival draws ...

WORCESTER — A number of different elements will be working in harmony together at the Classical Musical Melody of India concert at 7 p.m. June 3 in Mechanics Hall. The concert is a fundraiser for Joy ...

GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath shares many stories of positivity and local heroes in the show’s “Joy Beat” segment. We ask listeners for nominations, but sometimes we instead receive a ...