From Indus Whistles to Algorithmic Beats
Sometime around 2500 BCE, in the dust-whorled streets of Mohenjodaro, a teenager sat on a flight of brick steps , idly blowing into a hand-moulded terracotta bird whistle.
Sometime around 2500 BCE, in the dust-whorled streets of Mohenjodaro, a teenager sat on a flight of brick steps , idly blowing into a hand-moulded terracotta bird whistle.
Today is World Music Day. All over the world, people are celebrating music. Concerts are happening. Songs are being played.
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
The story behind the birth of dramatic literature is that, after the creation of the Universe, there was a need for the creation of the fifth Vedas, which would bring pleasure/soothing to both eyes and ears.
The event was successfully organised by Paradip Port Authority (PPA) in association with the Major Ports Sports Control Board.
Pandit Samar Saha’s organisation, Sangeet Piyasi, inspired by the ‘Sculptor of Talents’ such as Vijay Kichlu, took the lead to unearth and present prodigious talents on its prestigious stage for the last thirty-three years.
A study was directed to find the impact of devotional music on plants. It is believed that sound stimulates the germination of mung bean seeds.
The Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter. As a music historian, I’ve always respected one decision of Dylan’s in particular – one that kicked off the young artist’s most turbulent and significant period of creative activity.
Swapan Basu, a virtuoso in folk music, will be commemorating 35 years of his first music cover, ‘Moner Ayna’ at Rabindra Sadan on Friday.
Actress-singer Iulia Vantur, who has lent her voice for the revamped version of the song “Raat Baaqi Baat Baaqi” from the upcoming series “Citadel: Honey Bunny”, said that she learnt Hindi in the “most beautiful way” through music.
