A Sort of Homecoming
What it meant for 40,000+ people to watch U2 at their India debut - Anurag Tagat writes
FutureDesi IndieSounds
What will be the dominant sound of Indian Indie Music in the 20s? Karan Madhok spoke to a number of established and up-and-coming artists to predict our sonic future.
Wake Up and Listen
With ‘Jaago’, singer/producer Lifafa (Suryakant Sawhney) released a modern ‘folktronica’ classic. Here is The Blue Magpie’s track-by-track review of this 2019 album.
Music from the Hills: The tale of the Worn-Out boot
How travel - and its discomforts - helped me become a better songwriter , writes Ady Manral in his latest column
Rock-N-Honour-Rolls
A first-person essay on juggling rock music and college life in India - by Manik Oswal
Meba’s Journey
“A shot-caller with that born tribal mentality” - How Shillong star Meba Ofilia evolved from gospel music to rap, and in the process, became one of the most exciting new voices in underground Indian Hip-Hop - here’s her story and interview by Nakul Yadav
The Chakkar with Bangalore’s Live Music Scene
Anurag Tagat explains how Bengaluru’s iconic live music venues are trying to survive in changing times
Excerpt: ‘Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain’
‘Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain’ was published in 2016 - here’s an excerpt from this Akshay Manwani’s biography on Husain’s musical inspirations and influence on the history of Indian films.
Music from the Hills
Landour-based singer-songwriter Ady Manral lists some of his recent favourite artists from the Indian hills
Band, Baaja, and Bachelor's Degrees
From the lecture halls to elevated stages, how aspiring Indian college bands survive external pressure to keep the music playing - by Karan Madhok