The University of Calicut will start a music training centre on its campus. This was decided at a Syndicate meeting held on Saturday. A release said that the decision was taken in view of the high number of students from Malabar joining music courses. The centre would focus on Hindustani music. Meanwhile, the university also … Read more
Actor Vijay Antony. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The teenage daughter of actor and music composer Vijay Antony was found dead at their house in Alwarpet in the early hours of Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Police said it is a case of suicide. Police sources said the victim Meera Antony was 16-year-old and was … Read more
Band Ragavalli | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Ragavalli is on a musical high. The band, comprising students of the Chembai Memorial Government Music College, Palakkad, is fresh from a performance as part of the Kerala Government’s Onam week celebrations at Malayinkeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram and is getting ready for another Onam programme in the capital this … Read more
Members of the band Kooda Serndhu Kathu performing at Thirumangalam Metro on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran It was a mid-week respite from work for people at World Trade Center, Perungudi, and Thirumangalam Metro on Wednesday as The Hindu’s Festival of Chennai music performances received a roaring reception, yet again. The hop-on hop-off bus … Read more
Outfits from Label Erode’s debit collection, jimikkalam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Once a prominent decor artefact, the tightly knit jamakkalam carpets in bright shades of navy blue, red, green, and white now don a new avatar courtesy Mayank Bhutra’s label, Erode. The GI-tagged Bhavani jamakkalam, crafted in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district is on the … Read more
A file photo of ‘Bombay’ Jayashri performing at the ‘Karunbithil Shibira’, in Nidle village in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. This annual event has been the highlight of Nidle for two decades. | Photo Credit: Rupa Gopal Nuances of Carnatic music are discussed, fans immerse themselves in concerts by stalwarts, students are guided in an atmosphere … Read more
Althayi dance troupe from siberia, Russia during their performance in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA Russia’s famous Altai troupe staged a dance and music ensemble in the capital on Saturday. A team of 35 artists from Altai, a province in southern Siberia, presented the musical fete, along with traditional Russian dance forms, … Read more
London CNN — Britain’s King Charles III has enlisted the help of acclaimed British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the flagship anthem for his upcoming coronation. Charles’s coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London, and will see Camilla, Queen Consort crowned alongside her husband. The King has personally selected … Read more
London CNN — Buckingham Palace on Saturday revealed details of King Charles III’s coronation that will see three days of celebrations across the country in which the public will be invited to participate. The coronation will take place on Saturday May 6, a “Coronation Big Lunch” and “Coronation Concert” the following day, and an extra … Read more
Sreelatha Namboothiri belies her age when she begins singing Enthini pazhsruthi meettuvathiniyum… The song, from the 1961 drama Doctor, is special to her. It had won her the first prize at the State School Arts Festival in 1964 at Thiruvalla. Not many people know that Sreelatha, who is better known as one of Malayalam cinema’s most … Read more