First appeared in www.scroll.in on January 9, 2016. This column has previously touched upon the issue of eclecticism in Hindustani music, noting that it is not a recent phenomenon. It existed even in the nineteenth century, despite the desire to maintain musical exclusivity and hereditary ownership of knowledge through the gharana model. Vocalist Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze […]
First appeared in www.scroll.in on January 2, 2016. One of the major concerns related to traditional knowledge contained in systems like Hindustani music is the fact that the internet not only empowers musicians to disseminate their music widely on terms that are favourable to them, but that it also gives unhindered scope for collectors to […]
First appeared in www.scroll.in on December 26, 2015. Among practitioners of Hindustani music, instrumentalists have had a long association with Hindi cinema. The involvement of vocalists has to that extent been limited. Last week, this column highlighted songs sung in early Hindi films by some of these vocalists. This week, we continue to discover more […]
