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Rosemary Johnson, a former Welsh National Opera violinist with severe brain damage, composed music for the first time in 27 years — using software that
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Read an excerpt from Koral Dasgupta's novel Fall Winter Collections — a sculptor's journey in Santiniketan, carving Krishna's women in black stone.
Indian singer-songwriter Surjo released his debut album 'The Key Has Turned' in November 2014 — twelve acoustic songs written over three months.
Comedian Sahil Shah's reaction video to Hindi film songs captures something universal: the involuntary surrender to Bollywood's joy. From the TI archives.
From the 2014 Naperville Diary: Ribfest, the Ale Fest, municipal band concerts, and more — a snapshot of one summer in the western suburbs of Chicago.
Chubbiness, Japan's plus-size girl band: ten marshmallow girls chosen from 3,500 auditionees in 2013 as a pushback against the industry's worship of thinness.
School of Rock Naperville's 'Old Skool' program had parents and kids rocking out together — a look back at the 2013 feature.
Michelle Obama's 'Songs for a Healthier America' — a 19-track hip-hop album with Jordin Sparks, Ashanti, DMC and more — to fight childhood obesity.
Polish exorcists put Madonna's music on the agenda of a five-day meeting — the latest chapter in her decades-long clash with the Catholic Church.
The National Commission for Women and some parliamentarians on Monday came out in support of Kashmir's first all-girls rock band 'Pragaash' whose singing was…
Seventeen civilians, including two women, were beheaded in Helmand after a late-night music and dance party — in a Taliban-controlled district.
In a 2010 interview with a white-supremacist website, Oak Creek shooter Wade Michael Page described his white-power band End Apathy and his life in the hate
An evening of Indian classical music comes to Naperville on Sunday, August 5 — a rare chance for Chicagoland listeners to hear a living tradition up close.
A casual family dinner in the US with Ehsaan Noorani of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy — jingles vs film songs, the Dus days, and advice for young musicians. Video inside.
A tribute to ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh, who died on October 10, 2011 — the voice that brought the ghazal out of the drawing room and into everyone's home.
Arup Raha's monthly Bollywood column: the new wave of debutant directors, plus Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Delhi Belly, Ready — and a music quiz.