The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic (six ...

Bhimaanjali 2025 marks a decade of pre-dawn Indian classical music, uniting maestros in tribute to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A celebration of Indian Classical Music unlike any other is happening in Chicago. The yearly "Ragamala" concert begins Friday night at the Chicago Cultural Center, and it goes all ...

The 10th Bhimaanjali, the annual pre-dawn convocation of Indian classical music held in reverent homage to Bharatratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, reached a luminous milestone on December 6, 2025, at Ravindra ...

He introduced the tabla — a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music — to global audiences. Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical ...

Come winters, Kolkata evenings are usually drenched with classical rhythmic notes and beats that light up your mood. And ...

In 2009, Smithsonian Folkways assumed stewardship of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music, a pioneering series of more than 100 field recordings from around the world. First out of the vault is ...

Pune: American saxophonist George Brooks and sitarist Krishna Bhatt brought two worlds together with raga Charukeshi at Sawai ...

Here's a typical Saturday night for a music fan in Manhattan: You go grab some dinner, and then go to a show. You hang out there for an hour or two, enjoy the music and then leave, right? But what ...

Sangam Festival, an organization committed to the preservation, promotion, and showcasing of exceptional Indian classical ...

Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj died of cardiac arrest Monday in his New Jersey home, according to the Press Trust of India, which cited his daughter. CNN has also reached out to his family.

Music transcends barriers, connecting people across the globe through a universal language. Anupam Shobhakar, an Indian-American musician based in New York, embodies this philosophy by seamlessly ...