Kuthu music is at the heart of “Naatu Naatu,” and the song can’t be truly understood without it. The genre’s distinctive triplet-heavy, 6/8 rhythm; the crisp sound of the parai (Tamil) or ...

That’s how long India waited for its next mainstream girl group after Viva disbanded in 2003. But W.i.S.H., which stands for ...

There has been a wave of classical musicians in India trying to make the genre more relatable to younger audiences. Whether ...

The second instalment of the Indian International Music Week (IIMW), the inaugural edition of which was held in Goa in ...

This post was updated Oct. 17 at 7:49 p.m. The rich history of Dhrupad music is coming to UCLA this fall, starting with a performance this weekend.

“I try to bring areas of Indian music that are more accessible,” she says. “One of the pieces I’ll be performing is a tarana, a song that doesn’t have any Indian or Persian words. It’s based on a raga ...

Popular Indian actor and singer-songwriter Diljit Dosanjh has signed a deal with Warner Music to amplify his global music career. Coming up are singles with Canadian rapper Tory Lanez and ...

Genre doesn’t classify the style of music we listen to —it segregates the artists who make it. Our problem is that we’ve conflated these two to mean the same thing.