*As dusk descends on Pulicat Lake—a large saltwater lagoon on the border of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in South India—Isaivani starts singing a rousing “gaana” song. She is the only female singer ...

North Chennai’s gaana songs that reflect struggles of the marginalised are going global CHENNAI: As catchy as ‘Enjoy enjaami’ or ‘Kaathu mela’ may be, these Vada Chennai songs aren’t just ...

A few years ago, 36-year-old Sakthi Venkatesan, who grew up in an Egmore Housing Board tenement, decided to become a hip-hop artiste. He travelled to the United States, met some of the OGs of locking ...

India’s Times Internet has continued its recent activity with the long-awaited launch of mobile apps for its Gaana music streaming service. The legal music distribution site first went online in June ...

Times Internet-owned music streaming platform Gaana is muscling its way into the short videos space with HotShots, its take on TikTok, built for Indian content creators. Hotshots features challenges ...