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4 days ago · Few people in the music world ever take a stand on the sensitive issues skewing the arts scene in Chennai. Carnatic music has mostly evolved in the small Brahmin community of southeastern India. This is a conservative enclave of shrewd people in whom the need for self-preservation is greater, seemingly than the love for the community.
4 days ago · 25 Mar 2024, 1:36 pm. Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna’s remarks on the “Brahminisation” of veteran musician MS Subbulakshmi is making headlines again, six years after he made the contentious speech at...
3 days ago · The announcement that the 48-year-old Krishna will receive the Sangita Kalanidhi — the top award of the Madras Music Academy — this year has polarised the Carnatic fraternity, with several senior artists announcing that they won’t attend the function Krishna will preside over, voicing vituperative criticisms and even returning awards in ...
4 days ago · TM Krishna award row: Carnatic singer-sisters Ranjani, Gayatri hit back at Music Academy, says transformation should begin at the top. ANI | Updated: Mar 25, 2024 16:39 IST. Chennai (Tamil Nadu...
4 days ago · The opening salvo was fired by renowned carnatic musicians Ranjani and Gayathri, known as RaGa sisters, as they announced their withdrawal from the annual music conference of Madras Music Academy scheduled to be held in December this year.
3 days ago · Even in other languages, he left an indelible mark. His intro-music for Samrajyam, the stylish Mammootty-starrer in which the star plays a don, was the stuff of dreams. In Kannada, Ilaiyaraaja gave an incredible score and songs in Pallavi Anu Pallavi, incidentally Mani Ratnam’s debut film. The flavour of the season
4 days ago · A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras’s decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year. The award...