When the Vermont-born musician introduces himself as Joel Veena, one may think he plays the veena and hence the surname. So when Joel ‘Veena’ Eisenkramer goes on to the stage to play his slide guitar, ...

Thrissur-native Poly Varghese is Kerala’s own icon in Hindustani music. Yet, he feels the state doesn’t recognise his art. A product of Kerala Kalamandalam, 54-year-old Pauly started as a mridangam ...

Imagine the musical notes from Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia’s flute or Ustad Shujaat Khan’s sitar or Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt’s Mohan veena. The visual that conjures up is enough to entice aficionados of ...

On a quiet street in Jaipur, where the desert wind hums a tune older than time, a child once sat cross-legged beside his mother, Vidhushi Chandrakala Bhatt — a classical vocalist who broke every rule ...

Padma Bhushan Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, creator of the world-renowned Mohan Veena—an instrument that seamlessly blends the depth of Indian classical tradition with the soul of the slide guitar ...

Ahmedabad: The white-vested, unhindered power of Freddie Mercury made his audience sing "Aay-oh" with him at Wembley Stadium in 1985. On Day 10 of Saptak, the silk-kurta-adorned, Hindustani pizzazz of ...

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt took an unusual route on the way to Grammy-winning success. Once a disciple of the renowned sitarist Ravi Shankar, he had learned the complex nuances of Hindustani (north Indian) ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is one of the leading luminaries of Indian classical music. Winner of the Grammys, Padma Bhushan and scores of other prestigious awards, Pt. Bhatt from ...