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A rain-washed dusk slowly settles over the street as the first strains of the ‘Abhangs’ begin to be heard. Slowly at first. Then the pitch rises to the accompaniment of clanging ‘Jalras’ and temple ...

He had reserved the best for the last. O.S. Arun responded to mid-concert demands for the abhang piece, ‘Ha Raghava’, by telling the audience that he had reserved it for the finale at his Bhajan ...

Chennaiites have taken to vibrant devotional songs from Maharashtra popularised by a few Carnatic musicians. CHENNAI: Twenty years ago, when Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam decided to sing a couple of ...

A vernacular folk-fusion band in the city seeks to revive and reimagine the tradition of Marathi abhangs to attract millennial listeners (From left to right) Tushar Totre, Ajay Vavhal, Dushyant ...

Hundreds and thousands of film songs in more than a dozen languages, ghazals, patriotic songs and also ‘bhav geet’, the quintessential semi-classical, non-filmi songs in Marathi, Lata Mangeshkar sang ...

The sisters, Ranjani-Gayatri, who will receive the Sanskriti Award 2008 in New Delhi on Friday, are known in Carnatic circles for their devout rendering of Marathi abhangs (bhajans) by Sant Tukaram ...

The houseful audience at the Sringeri Pravachana Mandiram, Chennai, on Saturday last had the rare experience of being transported to a remote Maharashtra village. On the stage was Tukaram Ganapathi ...

The city-based folk fusion band, who will be performing at the first Mahindra Roots Festival at Bandra Fort Amphitheatre this weekend, spoke to Mid-day Online about making it to the big stage, ...

PUNE A state-level competition has been organised by a private organisation along with the state prison department wherein inmates serving sentences for various offences in jails across Maharashtra ...