A Great Line-Up for Raag-Mala’s Fall Season
By MOHAMED KHAKI The shehnai is traditional-ly played on ceremonial occasions like weddings and at important religious festivals,” says Nishant...
My Lunch with a Legend
By MOHAMED KHAKI I was in Kolkata on Republic Day 2019 when the Padma awards were announced. Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee was...
An Embarrassment of Raag Riches
By MOHAMED KHAKI India has always held an embarrassment of riches for me – so many cities to visit, so...
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...
Exiting the Pandemic with Exciting Programming
By MOHAMED KHAKI By now, activity across Canada is almost back to normal; the uncertainty that existed for most of...
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma: A Legend and His Music
By MOHAMED KHAKI Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who passed away recently, is credited with raising the stature of the santoor from...
A Close Encounter of the Exhilarating Kind
By SUJIT SEN My annual visits to Kolkata, the “City of Joy”, are always pleasurable as I immerse myself in...
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...
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