THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For Sathish Babu who started learning tabla at an age of 14, it has always been more than a passion. Finding his rhythm on the percussion instrument for the past 26 years, the ...

In the past two episodes of Sonic Saturday, we discussed the nine-matra Matta taal and the 11-matra Char taal ki sawari, two rhythmic cycles that are not as commonly heard as the 16-matra Teentaal or ...

A baba came to Ustad Alla Rakha’s house the day his wife delivered their first son. As per the family’s tradition, the boy should have carried the surname Qureshi, but the baba said the boy must be ...

Shrirang Pratishthan, a music organisation in the city, makes a conscious effort to popularise the art of solo tabla playing. The Pratishthan has been in existence for the last 10 years. It will ...

The late Ustad Nizamuddin Khan was one of the greatest tabla maestros of the country. He was a versatile tabla player. He played solo concerts and accompanied musicians of the stature of Bade Ghulam ...

Dynamic performer Shawn Mativetsky is considered one of Canada's leading ambassadors of the tabla, and is a pioneer in bridging the worlds of Western and Indian classical music. Acclaimed as an ...

Aban Mistry, a musician and scholar, known as the first woman solo tabla player in India, passed away in Mumbai on Sunday evening. She was 72. HT Image Mistry, one of the few members of the Parsi ...

Tabla drum instructor Mostafa Bakkar gives a lesson at his studio in Egypt’s capital Cairo. Many Egyptians associate the tabla drum with belly dancers and seedy nightclubs Many Egyptians associate the ...

A concert on Tuesday will give audiences the chance to listen to Satyajit Talwalkar on the tabla, among other stars A concert on Tuesday will give audiences the chance to listen to Satyajit Talwalkar ...