India is well known for its rich musical culture and repertoire, but the country's musical heritage extends far beyond sitars ...

India, a land rich in culture and history, has gifted the world a vast array of unique musical instruments. These instruments aren't just tools for creating sounds; they are a deep part of the country ...

Many vocal, instrumental and dance traditions have shaped India's diverse culture. Ghungroo bells worn on dancers’ feet, mridangam and tabla drums, ektara single-string instruments, Bharatanatyam ...

In Indian classical music traditions, string instruments or for that matter, all instruments are not placed as mere tools of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string instrument ...

Andreas Meyer, a German ethnomusicologist, shares his thoughts on the Indian Music Experience and its relevance ...

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya occupies a rare space in global music history. He is the first Indian artist inducted into the ...

INDIAN music is a very ancient art and has a three-thousand-year-old tradition behind it. This represents perhaps the longest unbroken record of any cultural tradition we know. Countries like China ...

Deepa Paulus (front row, third from left) and Sejal Kukadia (front row, second from right) with several of their young students at a recent tabla class held in Syosset. (Photos by Chris Boyle) Taalim ...