Artists have found the pandemic somewhat of a blessing in disguise. In a country where the film industry has controlled the music industry for as long as we can remember, 2020 was a significant year for the Indie scene. With Bollywood films being postponed, and…
It’s good to hear a Contralto after so long, all thanks to Indian-Australian singer Amritha Shakti and her new single Kingdom. Though hardly common to female singing music history, the timbre and texture of a Contralto beckons no comparison. Think Annie Lennox... or our very own…
He won India Film Project's 50 Hour Music Challenge from a pool of over 700 teams and is the artist responsible for SaReGaMa’s first non-film release. Yet Tanmoy Guha, better known by his stage name Dhi Harmony, has been making his own music for a…
As usual we are floored by Prateek Gandhi’s voice. He’s among the few singers we have come across in recent times who stands a foot or two away from the mic and sings from the pit of his stomach. “I feel the Sufi singing-style suits…
Roshan Bhat has been a very busy man. If you think you haven’t heard his voice before, think again, because you’ve probably encountered it in that ad jingle you love so much. In fact, Zee Music Company has just released his latest single Rakh Hausla.
It’s 7 am, and I’ve just gotten down to listening to Kya Wajah by Yogie (Yogesh Varma), Wroc (Shekhar Mhatre) and Vanishree Sahu. Everything about the EP is conducive to a night spent web-designing (of all things!). There’s a lot of “lo-fi” going around these…
Moin Farooqui embodies the spirit of a true indie artist. To back me up here, Musician-Entrepreneur Big Will, AKA Will Zhong, sums up the characteristics of an indie artist perfectly, "They don't stop learning more, they work relentlessly, they think outside the box when it…
I've spent the past couple of weeks chatting (on and off) with the industrious Shezan Shaikh and what a trip it has been. Just when you think the guy has too much on his plate, well, he goes and fills it up some more. For…
NYC-based singer-songwriter Manas Jha released his second EP Reimagined in November 2019. Rain, a single off of that EP has taken the form of beautiful ode to Mumbai's lost creative spaces. Born and bred in Mumbai, indie-rocker Jha's 3D animation music video captures our beloved city…
Today after having watched and listened to Abhigya - The Band's Himachali folk medley, I felt something that can only be described as a sentimental yearning. Ordinarily, I see shots of Himachal all the time. In movies, videos and pictures posted online. Sometimes I'm up…