Posts by Raag Mala

Music That Tugs At Heartstrings

By SAMIDHA JOGLEKAR During the long and anxious months of quarantine through the pandemic, music was a reliable companion. In...

Making Instruments Sing

By SAMIDHA JOGLEKAR I have long contemplated the human voice for its potential as a musical instrument. According to the...

Two Torchbearers of Raag Music in Concert

By MOHAMED KHAKI In his online article, The scientific mystery of why humans love music, Brian Reznick writes, “From an...

Sarod Master Steve Oda In His Guru’s Footsteps

By MOHAMED KHAKI Just a few months after immigrating to Canada in 1976, I attended my first live concert, a...

Blue Planet: Linking Music to Environment

By MOHAMED KHAKI Raag-Mala Toronto is partnering with First Edition Arts (FEA) to present Blue Planet, a four-month digital series...

I Won’t Let The Virus Infect My Music

By ANDREW KAY I’m sure that we all have the same thought in our heads…when will this pandemic finally be...

Suhana Safar is Forever

By MOHAMED KHAKI Mohammed Yusuf Khan was born in pre-independence India in Peshawar, the city that is now in Pakistan....

My Canadian Journey to Raag Sangeet

By SAMIDHA JOGLEKAR During a trip to Paris, France, in the Spring of 2011, I purchased a bookmark with a...

Pandit Rajan Misra: His Music is Immortal

Padma Bhushan Pandit Rajan Misra (1951-2021) By MOHAMED KHAKI I feel we have lost a close family member,” says Nishant...

Virtual Concerts Slake Connoisseurs’ Thirst

By MOHAMED KHAKI The pandemic has changed lives in bewildering ways, says Nishant Parekh, board member of Raag-Mala Toronto.  “Some...

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