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 ...

Tabla legend Zakir Hussain came into the limelight when he gave a solo tabla recital at the age of seven at Pune's Sawai Gandharv Utsav over five decades ago. His spectacular debut inspired many ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Noted tabla player Pt Yogesh Samsi, 56, is the son of accomplished classical vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini and Shashikala Kaikini. He began learning tabla at the age of four.

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 ...

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 ...

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. Aban Mistry, a musician and scholar, known as the first ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

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 ...