Derek Trucks on Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who passed away on Friday, was an inspiration in more ways than one for Derek Trucks, a rock guitar phenomenon with a growing, global fan following. Trucks, who began playing......

The DJ as Sutradhar

Remember a time when the United States grew so furious with France over going to war in Iraq that it rephrased everything French -- including fries, beans and kisses -- to Freedom? Little wonder......

Celebrating 25 years of Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! completed 25 years today. Renuka Shahane, who played the role of Pooja Choudhury, posted pictures on social media and wrote, 'With great humility and gratitude I thank......

Watching Rahat Fateh Ali Khan perform in concert

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's concert -- held over the weekend in New York -- was quite disappointing, writes Aseem Chhabra.   It happened immediately after the intermission.......

Look out New York, here comes Zakir Hussain!

As the tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is heading to New York to perform at a Lincoln Center theatre as part of the Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion national tour, he says he is thankful to his......

Sufi singer Abida Parveen, live in Chennai!

The ballroom in Chennai's Taj Coromandel is filled with an expectant hush; the best and finest of Chennai's literati and music aficionados fill in, eager to appreciate the......