Carnatic Music

Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Das (31 August 1864 – 2 January 1945) was a poet, musician, dancer, linguist and philosopher of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in Ajjada village,...

Chitti Babu (13 October 1936 – 9 February 1996) was a classical musician from Bharat, and one of the greatest Veena artistes, in the Carnatic Music genre, who became a...

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was born in Choutapalli village, near Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh on 4th December, 1922. His father Gantasala Surayya was a classical singer....

Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was born on February 4, 1922, in the Dharwad district of Karnataka, in a Kannada Madhwa Brahmin family, to Gururaj Joshi...

Emani Sankara Sastri was born on 23 September 1922 in Draksharamam, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to a family of celebrated classical musicians. His...

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (8 November 1893 – 25 November 1964) was one of the most distinguished carnatic music violinists of the 20th century. He hails from a...

Uppalapu Srinivas was born on 28 February 1969, in Palakollu, West Godavari District, in Andhra Pradesh. At the age of five, he got fascinated...

While most classical musicians their age group seem to really like their music, band members of Project MishraM smile that they get criticism from...

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was born on 6 July 1930 in Sankaraguptam village, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. His father Pattabhiramayya was an artiste with expertise in playing the...

The recent  blasphemous remark on Sri Thyagaraja Swami by actor and politician Kamal Haasan is part of the Breaking Bharat grand narrative rooted in...