Bob Dylan was always a rebel, an intellectual rebel (which is the most dangerous kind). He prodded the older generations to give the youth freedom of thought, and to stop living a dumb life. As the rabble-rouser turns 72, we take a look at his legacy of music and lyrics. Changing Music Bob Dylan was the single most influential [...]
Arko Pravo Mukherjee couldn’t have dreamt of a better debut as a music director in Bollywood. After striking the right chord in Jism 2, he’s now working on nine films. Six years ago, Arko Parvo Mukherjee was on track to become a doctor when he graduated with an MBBS degree from Burdwan Medical College in West Bengal [...]
Think jazz and John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Nina Simone leap to mind. To the uninitiated, it might seem like the genre is stuck in its glory days of the 1920s. A day after International Jazz Day, it’s time to change that perception. These young, dynamic musicians have dusted off the classic notes, moulded them to [...]
American singer Selena Gomez has announced her world tour plans that will take her to 56 cities. The 20-year-old pop singer bounced back onto the music scene at the MTV Movie Awards with her new single Come & Get It. Shortly after the Bollywood-themed performancea at the event, Selena announced she will be touring 56 [...]
The London Symphony Orchestra lost one of its longest-serving principal conductors Sir Colin Davis recently. This renowned interpreter of music from Mozart to Sibelius and Berlioz, leaves behind a rich musical legacy. Interpreting music is not everyone’s cup of tea, but there are some greats in the world of classical music who have shown tremendous skill in this field. We list some of the best classical music conductors.
Fans of Indian classical music have a real treat lined up for them. On April 5-7, Shilpakala Vedika will ring with the sublime sounds of sitars, flutes and drums as part of the Pt Bhimsen Joshi National Festival of Music and Dance. This is the second year that the festival is being organised in Hyderabad [...]
There are many layers to Debashish Bhattacharya, the Indian lap slide guitar maestro. He started to play at the age of three; Debashish, now at 40, says music is the cure to many of the ills of the world, lack of love and the path to consciousness.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, we’re so glad you could attend, come inside…the Classic Rock Zone
With Hollywood stars shining bright under the California skies on Sunday, the 85th Academy Awards ceremony had us all glued to our idiot boxes.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We’re so glad you could attend. Come inside. Come inside… the alternative reality known as…The Classic Rock Zone! Previously in the Zone we celebrated the birth of the greatest rock band ever, and the circumstances that elevated guitarist Jimmy Page to godlike status — godlike because, [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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