The BJP government’s rejection of Gaddar for a Padma award has escalated into a major political confrontation, with BJP ...

Music creates an atmosphere of togetherness, whether with hit Bollywood songs or classical Punjabi folk songs. Lohri is celebrated with dance and music. (HT Photo/Sunil Ghosh) As the festivities ...

Elliott Smith appeared to be the second coming of Bob Dylan, infusing his folk-inspired 90s songs with tales of heartbreak and depression. Jimmy Eat World helped usher in emo music’s ascension ...

There’s a bit of a paradox to these. The sort of people who follow music — say, by reading pop music columns — have probably known about many featured artists for a while. The sort of people who don’t ...

A political row has broken out in Telangana after the Revanth Reddy government’s proposal to confer a Padma award on Gaddar ...

“Tangible evidence of the lives that have come before, literally through finding a fragment.” She views folk songs in a similar way – as a way for the messy, strange, human realities that might be ...

Surrounded by the songs of her great-grandmother with a father who became a union organiser, Jackson’s artistic expression began to take shape, with a foundation rooted in personal loss, a drive for ...

Among an acclaimed songbook, folk singer-songwriter Paul Simon wrote 'A Simple Desultory Philippic' in 1965, standing as his ...

In it, Seeger comes off as a dust-covered relic of folk music history, an obstacle to Dylan’s fame, even as it was Seeger who opened the door for him. Seeger, himself, became a celebrity as a ...

Dr Palak Sharma, Dr Dheeraj Sharma Nestled amidst the breathtaking beauty of Jammu and Kashmir’s hilly terrains lies an ...

Without these people – and frankly this is just the tip of the iceberg — its possible there may not have been a Dylan or a folk music movement at all. 1. The New Lost City Ramblers Entire ...

Stevens said that anyone who insults the Prophet Muhammad must be ... Well, it’s still a beautiful folk song. Stevens’ best worst proved that 1970s soft rock could move the soul.