The Madras high court on Tuesday restrained the Music Academy from conferring an award named after legendary vocalist MS Subbulakshmi on well-known Carnatic music singer TM Krishna, following a......
They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......
A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras's decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year, which was......
Several Carnatic musicians have pulled out of Madras Music Academy's annual December conference to protest the Sangita Kalanidhi award to classical vocalist T M Krishna, who they allege has......
The 'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu', an invocation, is only a prayer song and not a National Anthem and hence, there is no need for every one to remain in standing posture when it is rendered, the Madras......
T T Vasu, well-known industrialist and son of late Union Finance Minister, T T Krishnamachari, died in a corporate hospital in the wee hours of Wednesday following brief illness, his family said.He......
Music, they say, transcends all barriers, but when composer A R Rahman performed Tamil songs at his UK show, Hindi-speaking concertgoers reportedly staged a walkout. The show, titled Netru Indru......
When the Mozart of Madras, AR Rahman, took home two Oscars at last month's 81st Academy Awards ceremony, it put an exclamation point on an exceptionally successful Hollywood awards season for......
Music maestro A R Rahman, the first Indian to win two Oscars, returned to his home city to a rousing welcome by his fans and friends in the wee hoursonThursday. The 43-year-old musician, who won......
Ella pugazhum iraivanukke(All glory and fame is to God),' was how music maestro A R Rahman reacted to his double-Oscar feat. Besides God, the 'Mozart of Madras' also dedicated his Oscars to his......