Acoustic and classical guitars look very similar, both made of wood, both with six strings, and both with the familiar guitar shape with a curved body and long neck. But there are key differences that ...

Rose Augustine, who with her late husband developed and manufactured the first nylon guitar strings -- a post-World War II innovation that revolutionized classical guitar playing -- has died. She was ...

Any music-making operates within a context, and it is important to identify the specific context, leading to the visibly active presence of the Western classical guitar in India today. The “modern ...

UK band Clean Bandit are introducing works by the likes of Mozart and Shostakovich to young audiences with their blend of electronic beats and classical strings. The notion of mixing classical ...

Mukherjee, a sarod player, is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi’s prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Award, among numerous other awards Joydeep Mukherjee presented a mohanveena recital at the G20 ...

Have you ever found yourself grooving to a fleeting sitar section or a tabla rhythm that sat in the back of the mix in your favourite Bollywood tracks? These age-old instruments have long been ...

Clean Bandit are (l-r) Luke and Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto and Neil Amin-Smith UK band Clean Bandit are introducing works by the likes of Mozart and Shostakovich to young audiences with their blend ...