The 6th edition of Abhivyakti – The City Arts Project – started on Thursday with two stellar performances as the premier shows while the visual arts were also opened to curious and patronizing visitors who thronged the Gujarat University and…

  In the tensed times of this global lockdown, musicians from across the globe are helping their fans stay positive through music. And Instagram has become their chosen platform. Check out the rise of Live streaming concerts on Instagram. Hello,…

Earning a spot among the top 4 bands at the prestigious Nexa Music Awards, Ahmedabad’s Heat Sink gets national level recognition as the most innovative emerging bands of India. Read the article below to know more. The music listener ship…

‘Abhivyakti’ has lived up to its name. In its 3rd edition, to go on till March 1, the art events presented, four to five daily, are original, some of them are innovatively so. They are short and are at a…

Presenting their third edition of Kultura on 22nd February, MICA will turn into a haven for music and literature lovers. With exciting workshops and activities revolving around the two domains, Kultura 2020 is the place to be this weekend. Established…

The platform that let’s Ahmedabad discover it’s creative talent -Abhivyakti City Arts Project is set to begin its third edition. With its third edition, Abhivyakti establishes its position as a facilitator for original, fresh and experimental ideas of arts and…

Source: kankarialakefront.in At any given day, Kankaria Lake is an apt destination for a light outing, be it a picnic or just Saturday night jaunt. Being the second largest lake in the city, you can find a plethora of exciting…

Famous music festivals like Coachella and Burning Man are known for their eco-friendly and sustainable practices, the Ultimate Pop Show featuring Badshah, merges the Swachhta campaign with entertainment generates wide spread awareness, both for their show as well as the…

Saptak is an annual music festival that celebrates our rich heritage of classical music. The first edition was held in 1980, this year will be the 40th anniversary of the festival. So, what surprises have they planned for us this…

Pt Ramakant Gundecha, the younger one of the famous Dhrupad Gharana vocalists Gundecha Brothers, passed away in Bhopal last Friday at the age of 57. He is survived by his wife and a son. Both brothers learnt intricacies of the…

Indian Ocean Concert Natarani was born listening to softer notes and watching softer moves. At twenty-five now, like the viewers and listeners her age and below in the auditorium, it has versatile tastes. She appreciates the tinkle of ghunghru and…

Here is a list of top 5 Gujarati folk singers who are sure to make you groove this Navratri! Source: tatacliq.com As the days of Garba are gaining on us, people all around Gujarat have started planning their Navratri. Everyone…

Curator of India’s only opera house, Mr. Asad Lalljee, shares his views on art appreciation landscape of India and the cultural economy with aspiring students at MICA. Asad Lalljee, curator of the Royal Opera House, Mumbai MICA was graced by…

At a time where music is coming together at the seams, Doordarshan International is jumping on the bandwagon with their new programme, ‘Rock the Night’. This endeavour hopes to bring the independent rock scene to a greater audience while giving…

Known for its refreshingly original content created by young artists of Ahmedabad, ‘Abhivyakti’, is coming out with its second edition on April 26. Here’s a peek into the art and performances that will be showcased at the 17-day-long festival. Many…

Urmila Kanoria celebrates 35 years of Kanoria Centre for Art with ‘Art 19’, a festival from March 7-9. Listen to architect BV Doshi, artists Jitish and Reena Kallat, and Sonal Singh from Christie’s. Learn block printing, Mata Ni Pachedi, terracotta…

  Sounds on White Sand musical concert at Rann Utsav is a musical fiesta that invites six emerging Indian bands to blend Indian and world folk music with contemporary tunes. Left to Right: Nishith Mehta, founder-director of MusicaFest with a representative of…

January 1st 2019, brings the start of the 13 day Saptak Festival held in Ahmedabad every year. The first evening featured artists Shri Vidyadhar Rao, Shri Nityanand Haldipur, and Smt. Shubha Mudgal singing and playing a variety of styles including…

  To begin their new year, Ahmedabad’s classical music lovers always look forward to the Saptak music festival that begins on the first of January and continues for the next 13 consecutive days. For almost 4 decades, Saptak has been…

  The famed Water Festival of Gujarat brought together musicians of all different backgrounds at the historic Adalaj Stepwell for an evening of fusion fun. On November 25, 2018, the 500-year-old Adalaj Stepwell in Gujarat blushed pink, aglow with the…

Though the Gujarati film hits screens on October 19, you can check out its soundtrack already. With songs sung by Jasleen Royal and Aishwarya Majumdar, the album is a mix of old and new that’ll have you tapping your toes.…

Mahatma Gandhi is revered across the globe, across every race and religion, as an apostle of peace and nonviolence. What Gandhi did for an entire nation is unprecedented in world’s modern history. Not just he leads the movement of India’s…

You can relax and enjoy the Ultimate Tour Concert by Bryan Adams as nearly the whole show is now a seated affair for Amdavadis!   Image source: i.pinimg.com Amdavadis love to leisurely celebrate their festivals. Even when a group of people are…

Folk dances at Sangeet Natak Akademi’s music and culture festival remind of the joy of raw storytelling. The programme is on till today, September 28.  Moths and other insects danced under the yellow stage lights around a host of golden-clad percussionists. The stage was (literally) abuzz with excitement. This was…

Rain gods enviously disrupted plans for a repeat of Darpana Academy’s celebratory performance Mother River at Natarani last Saturday. You know Mallika Sarabhai’s obduracy (read steadfastness) anyway! Performing art lovers have another kind of absorbing experience in store – an…

Upload portraits in monochrome of your friends and colleagues and stand a chance to win free tickets to the Bryan Adams Concert. Just tag @CreativeYatra and use hashtags #BryanonCY and #BryanAdamsUltimate. The photo with the most likes on Instagram will…

Ahmedabad, get set to rock with Canadian singer Bryan Adams as he belts out the best chart-topping tracks of his career. Find out more about his Ultimate Tour, which starts on October 9.  Canadian singer Bryan Adams is back in India…

Legend of percussion, Sivamani, is performing live in Ahmedabad on July 28. The stage will be shared by musicians Sangeet Haldipur and Ravi Chary. Famous for spinning musical magic with percussions while sporting funky bandanas, Anandan Sivamani is coming to the…

With American rapper Kendrick Lamar winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music, this year’s awards show has created a stir. Note 2018’s Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism, literature, drama and music.  Traditional awards events seem to be taking a heartening turn,…

The grandest Indo-American dance show in the world is coming to the city of Charlotte. Portraying culture from across four states of India, the show has an entertaining Bollywood twist. Book your seats now!  Mystic India: The World Tour is…

The vibe of folk music have always been magical and stimulating in its aesthetics, and it gets further augmented when diverse traditions come together on a single platform. Ruhaniyat – The All India Sufi & Mystic Music Festival is set to create an…

The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool is the world’s most life-sized permanent exhibition on the lives, vibes, music and culture of the the iconic English rock band. A two-year long display is opening in the band’s hometown, Liverpool, from February 15, 2018. Called Beatles…

After all the heavy tones of electronic music on New Year’s Eve, enters the soothing sounds of Indian Classical Music with the annual Saptak Festival, this time in its 38th edition. After a fervent opening day performance on January 1, 2018, by Ustad…

India’s first World Heritage City welcomes the world’s longest classical music festival of Saptak Annual Festival yet again. Unlike the deafening musical revelry across the globe, Saptak School of Music every New Year invites more than 200 maestros of Hindustani…

Crraft of Art’s Water Festival and Sufi Festival has already amplified the moods of Amdavadi music lovers, and Samraga is all set to amplify it to the next level. With only three weeks before the start of World’s longest and…

If you’re one whose adrenal glands are pumped by music, then the AR Rahman Encore : The Concert will be sure-fire steroids for your musical self. Image source: hindustantimes.com Has it ever so happened that you’re about to board a…

India’s first World Heritage City will be celebrating the World Heritage Week with the 8th annual Crraft of Art Heritage Festival. The festival shall bring together celebrated artists from Hindustani classical music as well as folk and world music genre from across the…

Amidst the pop culture of Bollywood chart-topping music, a group of friends in Ahmedabad, who hail from diverse backgrounds, are endeavouring in a different musical terrain with the initiative that is interestingly called Fangirl Live. They are working to create a space for original…

Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan laureate Hindustani Vocalist Girija Devi has left for her heavenly abode after suffering from a cardiac arrest in her late octogenarian years at a Kolkata hospital, on 24th of October, 2017. Reminisced fondly as Appaji, Girija Devi is considered…

Folklores suggest that when the prominent classical singer Tansen used to perform his tunes in the court of Akbar, the clouds couldn’t control their emotions and eventually burst into tears of sentiment in the form of torrential rains. Such is…

  It is not just the innovation in Indian music that is growing; the holistic scenario of the Indian music industry has been flourishing exponentially over past few years. In India currently, songs are being produced in over 20 Indian…

Image source: www.theguardian.com Vinyl Records Relive as Sony Decides to Resume its Manufacturing After 28 Years 28 years ago in 1989, Sony Music had declared LPs outdated and cumbersome, when the CDs were introduced, which stored an extensive number of…

  L to R : Rahul Deshpande, Sawani Shende, Jayateerth Mevundi On the auspicious occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi, when devotees of Lord Vitthal – an incarnation of Hindu deity Vishnu, celebrated the festival by conducting fasts, processions, and singing devotional…

Yogesh Gadhvi, the renowned folk artist of Gujarat, who has dedicated all his lifetime in uplifting the Gujarati art culture through reciting verses and enlivened the art of traditional daayro at various national and international platforms has been recently honoured with the Sangeet…

After their last experimental fusion with Rajasthani folk, and Arabic melodies of Alaa Wardi; Nirali and Kartik, aka Maati Baani, has this time hit the international borders of USA and features the renowned YouTuber songster Vidya Vox in their fresh single…

The 47-year-old Italian disc jockey Robert Miles, who created a global sensation by his trance track ‘Children’ in the 90s, has left for the heavenly abode on May 9, 2017, due to an illness. The legend is cherished for inventing the…

Rami is a 21-year-old violinist from Homs, Syria who fled the turmoil-ridden country, and after a ghastly 4000 kms of journey, often on foot, finally finds asylum in Lahr, Germany; but his true refuge is in his love for music. He found…

Image source: globalpress.hinduismnow.org The ‘City of Music’ heritage is being celebrated at ‘Sur Ganga’, a carnival of music organised from April 18 to May 30 by Varanasi Municipal Corporation in association with UNESCO at Varanasi, Bihar. With this festivity, Varanasi…

Mix the City is mixing cities across the world. An app developed by British Council that helps users to combine original music as well as vocals originating from diverse regions through simple operations. The Mobile app has been launched n…

Ever wondered on how to create a visual poetry using a simple and conventional video editing technique? Well, check out Cassius’ latest music video directed by a Paris-based Alexandre Courtes that features Pharrell and Cat Power. It showcases an excellent…

A week before her 85th birthday, on April 3rd,2017, the ‘Gaan-Saraswati’ of India Kishori Amonkar has left for the heavenly abode. The Padma Vibhushan recipient, a pioneer in Hindustani classical vocals. Amonkar was renowned for her influence in redefining singing…

Dr. Soma Ghosh adressing media The melodious memoirs of Shehnai exponent Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan will soon be echoing in the heritage city of Ahmedabad. Ministry of Culture, India has come up with ‘Yaad-E-Bismillah’ show where Padma Shri Dr…

Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood, hosted the 59th Grammy Award on February 12, 2017. Some of the biggest songsters, musicians and artists were present from the music industries across the globe. Music released during October 2, 2015, to September…

When was the last time you laughed at yourself? Meghdhanush which actually means rainbow in Hindi is an Indie Rock Band that has recently come out with a quirky and lyrically clever song titled as ‘Le Lee‘. No, it isn’t a Chinese…

The last day of the Saptak Music Festival vibrated with an exhilarating performance of khayal singing by maestros Pt. Rajan – Sajan Mishra. It left an indelible image of craftsmanship on the classical music lovers of Ahmadabad. For the Mishra…

Day 11 : Experience of flawless artistry  The following artists took part on the 11th day of the Saptak music festival. They are  Smt. Monica Shah, Shri.Shubh Maharaj, Shri Krishnamohan Bhatt and Smt.Kaushiki Chakraborty. Kaushiki was the  rock star of…

Day 9 : Saptak soars on Sarod Tunes Shri. Yashvant Purohit rocked the ninth day of Saptak music festival by performing an enthralling set on tabla. All the learned men of the art of percussion acclaimed the performance by raising…

Day 7 ends with audience saying ‘Wah Ustad’ The seventh day of the music festival featured three concerts namely a violin recital by Vidushi Kala Ramanathan, Gundecha brothers presented drupad music and a Santoor recital by Shri. Rahul Sharma accompanied by…

  There were four concerts on the sixth day of the festival namely a Sitar Ensemble by students of Saptak, a vocal recital by Smt. Sania Patankar, a tabla duet by Ustad Hashmat ali Khan  and Shri. Akram khan and …

On the fifth day of music festival, Ustad Shujaat Khan gave a very enjoyable performance on sitar.  It was an evening for the sitar lovers of the city of Ahmedabad. The Ustad belonging to Itava Gharana began with the raga…

The fourth day of the music festival  belonged to Pt. Shivkumar Sharma. The artist began the programme with ‘alap, jod and jhala’ in raga ‘chandrakaunsa’. The raga has the most simple configuration ‘sa ga(komal) ma dha ni’ and played after…

The Saptak Festival known as the longest music festival in India, this year is dedicated to the memory of Late Sangeet Markand Pt. Omkarnath Thakur. Saptak music festival 2017 has catapulted Ahmedabad into national league of classical music. The first…

Ironically, the ‘Last Christmas’ singer left for heavenly abode on Christmas Day, making December 25th his last christmas! English Singer, Lyricist and Record producer George Michael left fans across the globe weeping with his untimely exit. George, the pop legend from England,…

Aladdin comes to Broadway. The renowned musical, released in 1992 is now all set to be featured as a fantastic theater performance by Disney. The play will be directed by famous Casey Nicholaw from “The Book of Mormon” and will have fantastic performances…

The best example of ‘The world is your market now’ is Indian creativity getting nominated at global accolade ceremonies. The AR Rehman melodious magic is revived again through his fantastic music composition in the movie ‘Pele: Birth of a Legend‘.…

Vidya Rao at Sabarmati Ashram The commencement event of Gujarat Literature Festival held at the tranquil destination of Sabarmati Ashram was something that ‘aapna amdavadis’ wouldn’t have experienced before. Serene Ashram environ, rising moon and a heartfelt sound of classical vocals, surely…

From January 1, 2017, to January 13, 2017, Saptak 2017 the annual classical music festival of India will be celebrating its 37th edition in Ahmedabad with the theme of ‘Vaividhya‘ (diverseness), which basically reflects diversity not only in music, dance,…

A solitaire was lost from the necklace of Indian Carnatic music on November 22, 2016. Vocalist and composer M. Balamuralikrishna was suffering from acute illness and took his last breath in Chennai. A veteran who was apt in almost every music…

Cellist and musician David Teie, a soloist with America’s national symphony orchestra, has created the first ever music album specifically for cats to listen to. So the question is, ‘does it actually work?’ Well as an experiment the cat that…

In Succession with Blake, Tagore and Yeats, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’. Bob, who was considered only as a musician by many,…

Vivacious young faces adding its charm, the conclusion ceremony for Alpvirama 2016 at the Auditorium of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad was more than just heart throbbing. Alpvirama being an international film festival was able to mobilize filmmakers from 9…

The grand lounge of Novotel, dazzling with stars and influencers of Ahmedabad, roared with sounds of applause as the teaser of  ‘Pela Adhi Akshar’ was unveiled by director Kunal Shah. Pela Adhi Akshar has been produced by Before Cinema Production house, which is…

More than 45 children across the globe have given a beautiful tribute to the king of pop, Michael Jackson by singing ‘Heal the world’, which was sung and created by Michael Jackson originally. The ideation for this song and its…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FX86HiJ9PM New coach Anil Kumble has brought a refreshing and unique team bonding activity for Indian Cricket Team. With the help of acclaimed actor-musician Vasundhara Das’s group ‘Drumjam’, Team India was recently found playing drums in a group. It is…

Kaushiki Chakrabarty the famous Indian classical vocalist has been invited to sing at Charlotte, NY, the USA with a noble cause of supporting Gastric Cancer Research. The musical night has been organized by Indian Expressions and Creative Yatra (US) on…

  Rolling drums and striking cymbals, the hazy smoke over the stage was making the band’s feet go numb. Tuning guitars, testing mics and rising Rock fever in audience is a typical Mozart Music World Scenario. 11th June, Saturday was…

Dr. Palash Sen, lead singer of the band Euphoria comes up and explains, why audience is only able to hear the Bollywood film music and not Indipop anymore. He actually starts the video while saying “I am angry”. He reacts upon…

A group of 8 old ladies at Massachusetts, who volunteer by singing for the chronically ill people are creating wonders. They believe through music and melodies they can bring optimism within the patient’s suffering. They also believe that music has…

The famous ‘Mare Todle Baitho Mor’ singer Diwaliben Bhil has recently passed away at the cultural city of Junagadh. Her contribution to the Gujarati Folk Music is tremendously prominent. Her famous song ‘Gadhvaiya Mare Thakorji’ was one of the most…

Boston’s street performers are at loggerheads with government for a new space allocation system. The allegation by the government officials and authorities suggest that at Faneuil Hall, which is one of the most visited tourist destination the Drummers and break-dancing Street…

The famous November Rain band is on a ‘Not in this lifetime’ spree with their latest 2016 reunion tour to fetch the longing thirst of US and Canada fans. The bleeding enthusiasm of loyal Guns N Roses supporters is roaring…

The singer, the musician, the magician, Prince Prince Rogers Nelson, 57 aka Prince the inventor and musician was found dead yesterday morning at his house in Minnesota, USA. The legendary ‘Dirty Mind’ singer, who gave his life to Pop industry…

2016 Grammy Awards were announced yesterday in its usual opulent style. What caught our attention is this soothing album by Paul Avgerinos that won the coveted BEST NEW AGE ALBUM for the year. The album features artists like Laura Sullivan…

Saptak, is by far one of the most comprehensive show of Indian Classical Music that happens on earth. As the new year chimes in, avid Indian classical music lovers, gear up for the fortnight long festival that brings together some…