The strong influence of dhrupad, beenkar and Seniya rabab traditions on sitar and sarod players are evident in their influence on the evolution of sitar and sarod technique, repertoire and ...

As this article was being written, M.S. Viswanathan, a dazzling icon of Tamil film music passed away. This writer had the privilege and pleasure of knowing him intimately and had also worked with him ...

Continuing our series on raags named after their creators, today we turn to Bilas Khan, one of Mia Tansen’s sons, who is believed to have devised Bilaskhani Todi. One of the stories surrounding the ...

(This is the concluding article of the two-part story on MSV and his favourite Hindustani raag, Bilaskhan-i-Todi. ) A hit song of 1963, ‘Pesuvadhu Kiliya Pennarasi Mozhiya….’ in the successful MGR-B.

Legend has it that when the famed Mughal musician Miyan Tansen died in 1583, the son whom he had virtually disowned, Bilas Khan, composed a Todi for his father’s funeral. Todi had been created by ...