A raga that is suitable for singing in the evenings, a raga that ushers in the festive spirit and one that dispels fear and instills hope – it's the raga Vasantha. "Vasantha" means springtime, and ...

Dikshitar inserted the raga mudra in many (but not all) of his compositions whereas Tyagaraja and Syama Sastri did not insert it at all. Two of Tyagaraja’s compositions have a raga mudra — ‘Ganamurthe ...

A festival celebrating Indian classical music tradition with a modern twist is about to take over Downtown Brooklyn. “Counterpoint: Brooklyn Raga Massive Festival,” presented by Clara Wu Tsai and the ...

Influenced by Indian raga and nontraditional tuning systems, he created hypnotic works with a spiritual bent and created an ...

When you enter an Indian restaurant or an ethnic grocery store, you may have heard a unique melody that is not Japanese or Western music. That music is based on a mode called ' raga ' and is said to ...

As musicians, we learn new compositions and we keep exploring different ragas, says Rithvik Raja. As musicians, we learn new compositions and we keep exploring different ragas. There are different ...