Legendary singer Asha Bhosle, who passed away on Sunday, also left her mark in the Telugu film industry singing in her inimitable style, though her contribution was limited in number with only a ...

Ugadi marks the beginning of the traditional New Year for Telugu and Kannada communities and is one of the most important festivals celebrated in southern India. The festival symbolises renewal, ...

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. For over eight decades, the Madras Music Academy has acted as the ultimate gatekeeper of Carnatic 'purity', and in the process ...

KOCHI: The disharmony won’t be music to the ears! The Kochi corporation’s ambitious plan to acquire the childhood home of legendary musician K J Yesudas and convert it into a museum appears to have ...

Singer Vijay Yesudas has reunited with director Venkatesh Maha for a song in Satyadev Kancharana's upcoming film, Rao Bahadur. The duo previously worked together on Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya.

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

For decades, Hindi dominated India’s film industry — the largest in the world. Then some underdog filmmakers from the south released a movie that would change everything. By Vishal Menon “Pan Indian” ...

When Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called hip-hop “the Black CNN,” he was touching on a universal truth that goes beyond genre: Music and protest have always been inextricably linked. For some ...

Sugar-rush pop, legit country soul, profound poetic storytelling, over-the-top rock & roll jams: Has any artist from the Sixties-Seventies golden era of singer-songwriters ever mastered all of these ...

If you were hoping for the pop madness of 2024 to slow down and start making sense: good luck, babe! Because there has never, ever, been a pop year like the hot-not-pretty mess that was 2024. Week to ...

As we put this list together, we thought about the rise of a new pop class, the return of some longtime favorites, regional rap bangers, country crossovers, the year of sexy drill, and more. All the ...