Category: Music
All the articles in the "Music" category.
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The T. M. Krishna Dilemma: When Musical Genius Meets Controversial Activism
Exploring the complex legacy of T.M. Krishna, the controversial Carnatic music virtuoso whose activism has divided classical music lovers. A personal examination of separating art from artist.
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Ilaiyaraja – SP Balasubrahmanyam Controversy: My Thoughts
Recently, there has been a lot of media news regarding Ilaiyaraja sending a legal notice to SP Balasubrahmanyam on him singing the former’s songs without his permission. This has invoked a lot of response from national media, and has led to some people taking sides with Ilaiyaraja or SPB. As a follower of this issue,…
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How I Got into Music
I am one of those people who believe that it is not possible for life to exist without music. Music has integrated in such intricate ways with my life, that there is no longer a duality. Right now, when I am writing this, I am listening to the album Sun by Thomas Bergersen. I listen…
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Shamitabh : Music Review
Here is the music review of Shamitabh, the sound track album for the Amitabh Bachchan – Dhanush – Akshara Haasan starrer. Expectations were high, because the album is composed by Ilayaraja, the four times national award winning 72 years old music director. The expectations were high not only because of Ilayaraja’s huge fan base, but also because of the movie’s director Balki’s making claims that Ilayaraja has composed probably the best album of his life. And for the note, Ilayaraja has already composed music for over 1000 movies. Did the soundtrack live up to the expectations? Let’s find out.