Ilan Green, formerly of the hit Israeli rock group Tractor's Revenge has released a new CD called Kolot HaLeviim, Voices of the Levites. The album uses recreated instruments based on Jewish text's ...

Fifty traditional musical instruments from across the country will be part of a devotional "Mangal Dhwani" that will resonate for two hours ahead of Monday's consecration ceremony at the newly ...

We had just finished performance at PN Sivaramakrishnan Sri Tirumeni Guruji’s 400-year-old Siva temple in Chippleri near Punjapadam, Palakkad. Then it was our turn to listen to an instrument, a rare ...

A renowned Kerala temple that refused entry to then President Giani Zail Singh and celebrated singer K.J. Yesudas because they were non-Hindus is now embroiled in controversy over its ban on musicians ...

Percussion has not always been considered as a woman’s forte. Even now, there are some temple instruments like Chenda, that women are not allowed to play. Percussion has not always been considered as ...

Separate festivals are organised for nadaswaram including by Krishna Gana Sabha but they are often the exception. Nadaswaram aficionados and artists see a variety of reasons for this treatment. File ...