A little over two decades ago, I first saw Neuman Pinto perform on stage at the St. Andrews College Auditorium. Many students from Andrews hail from choir-singing backgrounds and it's only natural that they end up forming or joining acappella groups. Though acappella was uncommon…
If you’re part of the indie music scene in India, as a musician or a listener of music, there’s a slim chance you’d have missed the name David Britto. Over the last five-odd years, Britto, the music journalist, has helped us discover new acts, many…
Meet Toshi Yimchunger, a recording artist and songwriter from Dimapur, Nagaland, whose latest single Work It Out is making us crave the golden age of R&B, i.e. the 90s, again. Remember the days when the soulful offerings of Boys II Men, Babyface, Montell Jordan, Craig…
Singer-Songwriter Vasuda Sharma will perform an all original set - a blend of Indian classical and Western contemporary Pop numbers with live-looping and improv. The gig is set to happen at the newly-opened Local Star Bar and Cafe in Versova at limited capacity with free…
If you were a rocker in Mumbai at any point between the late 80s and early 2000s, there’s little chance you would have missed the effervescent Ravi Iyer. In the glory days of rock-and-roll in India, the axeman stood apart from his contemporaries. So adept…
Portland-based singer Alex Whiler's debut EP Look Me In The Eye had sort of become a soundtrack to our lives during the past few weeks, and especially when we travelled out of the city for the first time since March 2020. We had Whiler's Spotify…
Maithili Shome began her journey in music at the tender age of 3, with her very first impromptu performance in Pune backed by an orchestra. In 2007, at 6, she had her first appearance on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs and the rest,…
Chandigarh-based musician Shubham Semwal’s debut EP Elephant in the Room is a force to be reckoned with, especially his title track Pull Me In (feat. Julie Ngurang), an uplifting ballad (If there ever was one!) that stands tall in the otherwise passable ‘Indipop in English’…
When we chanced upon Barcelona-based Chilean Alex Schoihet’s venture, Re:Drums, we knew this was something that absolutely needed to reach international clientele. The innovation, beauty and finesse in the hand-crafted items made by reusing old drums is by far one of the coolest home decor…
The last time I spoke to Mayur, he’d just released his EP “Unspoken” and by the end of our conversation, he’d made a promise to follow it up with music videos for each song. This was in November and by then, I guess, the world…