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Narendra Kusnur

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Articles by Narendra Kusnur

Review: The Musical Maverick; The Authorized Biography Of Shankar Mahadevan by Ashis Ghatak

Shankar Mahadevan (centre) rehearing for Symphony Orchestra of India’s Spring season 2020 with Zane Dalal, Zakir Hussain, Hariharan and Kelley O’Connor at NCPA, Nariman Point, Mumbai on February 24 2020. (Aalok Soni/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 15:47 IST

Tracing the journey of Barmer Boys from Rajasthan’s remote village to world stage

Tracing the journey of Barmer Boys from Rajasthan’s remote village to world stage

Updated on Mar 10, 2024 02:24 IST

Franco Vaz: RD Burman’s ace drummer learnt the beats from Jazz

Franco Vaz: RD Burman’s ace drummer learnt the beats from Jazz

Updated on Feb 9, 2024 01:14 IST

Rashid Khan’s little-known role in the film industry had an oversize impact

Ustad Rashid Khan Khan was first noticed in the film world in Subhash Ghai’s 2005 film Kisna: The Warrior Poet, (Instagram/rashid_khan_ustad)

Updated on Jan 16, 2024 13:31 IST

When the Goan gets tough...: A Wknd interview with rapper Tsumyoki

In 2021, Tsumyoki was signed by Gully Gang, the music label set up by Mumbai-based rap icon Divine. He was the label’s youngest musician and first Goan artist. ‘Goans are known for cover songs and wedding bands, dance music and maybe a bit of jazz. But there is so much creative talent here,’ he says.

Updated on Nov 24, 2023 16:15 IST

Play it again: The music that helped make Dev Anand a star

With Waheeda Rehman in Kala Bazar (1960). On the soundtrack: the unforgettable Khoya Khoya Chand.

Updated on Sep 29, 2023 16:21 IST

Tina Turner: A rock icon who was much more than ‘Simply The Best’

Tina Turner died Tuesday, after battling a long illness at the age of 83 (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Updated on May 25, 2023 22:51 IST

A victory for the stories of India as seen from within

HT Image

Updated on Mar 13, 2023 18:42 IST

Kej’s Grammy shows reach of Indian music

Ricky Kej, Herbert Waltl, and Stewart Copeland hold the award for Best Immersive Audio Album in the press room during the 65th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, 2023 (AFP)

Updated on Feb 10, 2023 14:36 IST

Ghosts of gigs gone by. Were you at these epic concerts?

At Michael Jackson’s Mumbai show, where, at one point, he stepped out of a makeshift spaceship. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jul 24, 2023 14:36 IST

Review: Kishore Kumar - The Ultimate Biography

Kishore Kumar in performance in the 1970s (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2023 01:22 IST

Review: Kishore Kumar; The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar

Kishore Kumar in performance in the 1970s. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2023 01:07 IST

How music travels between cultures

RRR actors Jr. NTR and Ram Charan in the song Naatu Naatu. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 12, 2023 07:16 IST

Bhupinder Singh, he of the soulful voice, dies at 82

Born on February 6, 1940, in Amritsar, Bhupinder passed away in Mumbai on Monday evening at the age of 82. He had been suffering from health complications for some time (HT File)

Updated on Jul 18, 2022 19:14 IST

Maestro who took the Indian santoor to the world

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma in Mumbai in 2007. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1986 and the Padma Shri in 1991. He was honoured with Padma Vibhushan, nation’s second-highest civilian award in 2001.

Updated on May 11, 2022 02:51 IST

Review: The Queen Of Indian Pop by Vikas Kumar Jha

Singer Usha Uthup in performance. (Virendra Prabhakar/HT Photo)

Updated on May 3, 2022 12:10 IST

Ramba who who who? Narendra Kusnur on the Usha Uthup phenomenon

’When I started singing, I never had any plan to think of it as a career. Things just happened,” says Uthup, 74. But even today, ‘the kind of adrenaline that’s produced after a successful show is much more than all the single malts can give.’

Updated on Apr 22, 2022 09:11 IST

Review: Remo, the Autobiography of Remo Fernandes

Remo Fernandes photographed on 11 December 1998. (Manish Swarup/HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 18, 2022 12:53 IST

Vanraj Bhatia, musician whose jingles were the soundtrack of ’80s, '90s, dies

Vanraj Bhatia at his residence in Mumbai.

Updated on May 7, 2021 23:41 IST

Review: Louiz Banks: A Symphony of Love by Ashis Ghatak

Louiz Banks performing during his 75th birthday celebrations in Mumbai on February 10, 2016. (AFP via Getty Images)

Updated on Apr 2, 2021 16:37 IST

Review: Hariprasad Chaurasia; Breath of Gold by Sathya Saran

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Updated on Mar 13, 2020 14:48 IST

An enigma of Indian classical music who struck a spiritual tone

Annapurna Devi started learning the sitar at the age of five .

Updated on Oct 13, 2018 18:35 IST

Brimful of Asha: Review of Raju Bharatan’s musical biography of Asha Bhosle

(From right) Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar and an unidentified singer at a recording

Updated on Nov 5, 2016 03:57 IST

Maithili Rao’s book on Smita Patil gives marvellous insights

Smita Patil in a still from Mirch Masala. December 13 marks 29 years since Smita’s death .

Updated on Dec 12, 2015 09:01 IST

Dagars & Drupad: Book pays tribute to the masters of Dagarvani

Dagar bandhu in 1985; Zahiruddin (left) and Faiyazuddin Dagar.

Updated on Nov 7, 2015 06:03 IST

Jagjit Singh: Remembering the life of a legend

Jagjit Singh at the Odyssey Ghazal Symphony in Mumbai. (File photo)

Updated on Oct 10, 2015 08:37 IST

Book review: Interesting anecdotes on V Shantaram

A file photo from 07 April 1981 shows V Shantaram at an event. (HT Photo by KK Chawla)

Updated on Sep 19, 2015 07:48 IST

Naushadnama: a must-read for fans of classic Hindi film music

A-photo-of-the-master-composer-Naushad

Updated on Nov 14, 2013 07:36 IST

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