COVER STORY - UTTAM SINGH NEW

Madan Ji was a total contrast to his soulful compositions – Uttam Singh

Nisha Jalori | nisha@jalori.co.in “Artists come and go, but legends never die”. I think we always look up to legends and people who not only win but give us a larger-than-life role models. Today, we have featured one such musical stalwart a legendary Music Composer Madan Mohan, whose music has immortalized him. Art, at its best, is...

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Nritya Sadhana – Colleena Shakti

Nisha Jalori | nisha@jalori.co.in "Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness, and envy”. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.” And our Cover Story this month features one such...

The Vivid Van Shilpey

The Vivid – Van Shipley

Dinesh S Ghate | dinesh@swaraalap.com When I say the word “Guitar”, the first thing that comes to most of our minds is Hollywood music or foreign guitarists, etc. But what if one tells you our Bollywood Music Industry gave us such amazing guitarists that added the extra shine to the evergreen songs. One of the...

COVER Story - Franco Vaz 0

Traka Doom – Franco Vaz

‘Papa Kahete hain bada naam karega’ song (Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak - Anand Milind) starts with Amir Khan, holding a cut-away Electric guitar.  His friends are playing Saxophone, Trumpet.  A couple of ladies are playing Kabash. Everyone, right from college Principal to students in the audience & we watching the movie song, are foot-tapping to...

REVIEW - Like Sunday Like Rain 0

Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)

Plot: A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy’s guardian for a summer. Review: Reggie (Julian Shatkin) is a 12-year-old cello prodigy and an all-round genius living in the Upper West Side of New York City with a self-obsessed mother whose parenting is limited to hiring maids and nannies to look after her son. Eleanor...

REVIEW -Naad Mudra - Uday Nanivadekar

Naadmudra

Uday Naniwadekar | Pune ▪️ Founded in April 2018, Naadmudra is a registered, partnership organization, dedicated to music. ▪️ Prime Objectives Naadmudra believes in the “less is more” policy. It is a platform for artists, musicians, singers, instrumentalists, and music lovers who might have time constraints, but believe in engaging with quality music, staying in touch, and...

Dilip Naik

Jaan Pehchan Ho with Dilip Naik

‘Aaja aaja main hoon pyar tera’ That attacking, introductory guitar solo of an iconic song. A clear, sharp guitar in the interlude of ‘Aasman se aaya farishta’ (An Evening in Paris) or ‘Tumse accha kaun hai’ (Jaanwar). Yet another fast-paced intro, interludes, in keeping with the rock and roll theme of an iconic song from Gumnam ‘Jaan...

Leslie Gudheno

Drums with Leslie Godinho

Leslie Godinho was a man with exceptional knowledge and skill in music. He was a drummer beyond the extraordinary. Not only was he popular in India but he made a name for himself worldwide. But did you know that it was Leslie Godinho who introduced drums to Indian music lovers? Isn’t that quite something. Let us...