A raga that is suitable for singing in the evenings, a raga that ushers in the festive spirit and one that dispels fear and instills hope – it's the raga Vasantha. "Vasantha" means springtime, and ...

"It's no coincidence that four of the six letters in health are heal." - Ed. Northstrum There is a limited amount of scientific literature on the idea behind Indian classical music as a healing ...

There is a wealth of ragas in the broad field of Indian classical music, each with the special capacity to arouse feelings and alter the listener's mood. Among them, some ragas are well known for ...

Jazz and Indian ragas share common ground in their traditional use of improvisation. They are often talked about in compatible terms, but Ravi Shankar, for one, did not believe that ragas could be ...

Amit Chaudhuri’s teenage discovery of the raga transformed his understanding of music, connecting it to the rhythms of life and challenging Western artistic conventions. While most good books could ...

Dikshitar inserted the raga mudra in many (but not all) of his compositions whereas Tyagaraja and Syama Sastri did not insert it at all. Two of Tyagaraja’s compositions have a raga mudra — ‘Ganamurthe ...