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ARTICLES BY MUSIC MATTERS | SHUBHA MUDGAL

Voice test: Online platforms are resurrecting the power of radio. Photo: Thinkstock.

All we need is radio ga ga

2 min read . 08 Sep 2012

Master of ‘taan’: Ustad Amir Khan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Magnificent ‘gayaki’

2 min read . 24 Aug 2012

Noted: A song in Barsaat ki Raat has a Gaud Malhar template.

When did you last hear a ‘kajri’?

3 min read . 13 Jul 2012

Charismatic: Begum Akhtar immortalized ghazals with her rendering. Photo: Courtesy ‘Ae Mohabbat’

The ‘ghazal’: waiting in the wings

1 min read . 29 Jun 2012

Wild note: Tipriti Kharbangar is the lead vocalist of Soulmate. Photo: Baia Marbaniang for Ivory Cottage Creatives

Talk to the blues

2 min read . 15 Jun 2012

Pure notes: Saida Begum.

Voice of the wounded

2 min read . 01 Jun 2012

Members of Sewa Nepal at the celebration in April. Photo courtesy Samir Pathak.

United we sing

2 min read . 04 May 2012

Music sans borders: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (left) and Sonu Nigam.

The sound of war

1 min read . 20 Apr 2012

Riot: Literature makes references to colour in the context of music. Photo: Kevin Frayer/AP

Coloured notes

2 min read . 09 Mar 2012

No frills: Gigs from balconies around the world.

Wake up to virtual music

2 min read . 20 Jan 2012

Full house: A concert in progress at the Chennai December Season in 2010. (Courtesy Lakshmansruthi Musicals)

Seasonal rush

2 min read . 09 Dec 2011

Umbrella: A scene of royal patronage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Art of the royals

2 min read . 25 Nov 2011

Festive beat: Dhakis with their feather-decorated drums. (Bikas Das/AP)

Drum and soul

1 min read . 14 Oct 2011

Remembered notes: Arvind Parikh.

Glorious recordings

2 min read . 03 Oct 2011

Sharing notes: Moushumi Bhowmik’s music archives are accessible to all. Photograph by Arif Hafiz

Travelling for music

2 min read . 15 Sep 2011

Saviour: The Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Robin Weiner/Smithsonian Institution/Bloomberg

Those western values

2 min read . 14 Sep 2011

Cover versions

2 min read . 02 Sep 2011

Musical bridges: Derek Trucks (centre) with his band in a jam session. Derektrucks.com

Guitar resurrection

1 min read . 19 Aug 2011

Soul music: Pandit Jagdish Prasad with his swarmandal.

The story of a song

2 min read . 05 Aug 2011

Unsung: Ustad Bismillah Khan, a Bharat Ratna recipient, died in near penury. Photo: Kaushik Ramaswamy/Hindustan Times

A letter to the culture minister

1 min read . 21 Jul 2011

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