Photos: Genesis Foundation Presents Kasauli Rhythm & Blues Festival
Rabbi Shergill headlined on the second day, bringing the festival to a close. Photo: Jishnu Piku Chakraborty Every year, the Genesis Foundation’s Kasauli Rhythm & Blues Festival reaches out to...
View ArticleRolling Stone Stage: Punk Rock Frenzy and Classic Rock Grooves
Punk On Toast bassist Prathamesh Sandansing. Photo: Sairaj R Kamath. Shopping malls aren’t the first place where you’d expect to hear classic or punk rock music; more like this week’s chart-topping...
View ArticleRolling Stone Stage: Rock Music Unplugged at R-City Mall
Fat Yellow Moon at Rolling Stone Stage. Photo: Sairaj R Kamath After two successful editions of RS Stage, the shoppers at R-City Mall, Ghatkopar, have been looking forward to new music every weekend....
View ArticleHindi rock and rock n’ roll shared the spotlight at Rolling Stone Stage
Charan Singh Pathania during his set in Rolling Stone Stage. Photo: Sairaj R Kamath This weekend’s Rolling Stone Stage had quite the varied line up for the crowd at R-City Mall. Switching around its...
View ArticlePhotos: Split at HRC Mumbai, May 2015
Split vocalist Garreth D’Mello Photo: Ron Bezbaruah Last month, when Split performed at the Pepsi MTV Indies Awkwards in Mumbai, fans of all ages, some of who were watching them perform for the first...
View ArticlePhotos: Alt-J Live At Emerge in Mumbai
Alt-J in Mumbai. Photo: Ron Bezbaruah Fans of Alt-J filled up Richardson & Crudas as the Brit indie band performed for the third time in India this year at VH1 India’s Emerge festival. While...
View ArticlePhotos: ARKA’s album launch in Mumbai
It was an impressive turnout for a mid-week gig at the South Mumbai club, Blue Frog for fusion band ARKA’s debut album launch. Odd time signatures, Hindustani classical alaaps, and fiery improv jams...
View ArticlePhotos: Curtain Blue In UK
Curtain Blue (left) with Rahul Giri and Tanvi Rao of Sulk Station in Brighton Photo: Courtesy of Curtain Blue In May, Delhi-based music events and resource platform, wildcity, curated an alternative...
View ArticlePhotos: Taj Gateway Revolutions
Delhi’s Think Floyd completely won over the crowd in Mumbai Photo: Prashin Jagger On Wednesday night, Mumbai dialed up the Sixties with the Taj Gateway Revolutions finale, organized in association...
View ArticlePhotos: ASOT with Armin van Buuren
Trance heads from across the country and some from the other side of the border even filled up NSCI Stadium in Worli to watch Dutch trance superstar Armin van Buuren’s show A State Of Trance. We...
View ArticlePhotos: Bangalore Open Air 2015
Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor’s frontman Helmuth Lehner at Bangalore Open Air 2015. Photo: Shashwath SP It isn’t Bangalore Open Air until there’s a last-minute dropout – while German...
View ArticlePhotos: Nicholson Live At Blue Frog, Mumbai
From what began as a slightly delayed, quiet Thursday gig-night at Blue Frog, Mumbai on August 27th, Nicholson’s performance soon elevated to a perfect culmination of sound and visuals. The...
View ArticlePhotos: 2Stroke Tour Kicks Off in Kolkata with The Ganesh Talkies, Last...
Pop rock band The Ganesh Talkies’ vocalist-guitarist Suyasha Sengupta at the Kolkata leg of 2Stroke Tour. Photo: Margub Ali When the 2Stroke Tour’s second edition was announced last month, organizer...
View ArticlePhotos: Mad Fingers & Friends at Cafe Zoe, Mumbai
Mumbai-based keyboard player Karan Joseph, who goes by the monicker Mad Fingers recently performed with a collective of musicians at a gig held in Cafe Zoe. The jazz musician presented a set that...
View ArticlePhotos: American Singer Angie Miller Live in Kolkata
Angie Miller in Kolkata. Photo: Margub Ali For all those who didn’t think a singing competition like American Idol could still produce good, honest singer-songwriters, they needed to have witnessed one...
View ArticleDaira Win the Mumbai leg of Hornbill On Tour, Unohu Follow as Runners-up
Hindi Rockers Daira were announced as the winners for the Mumbai leg of Hornbill on Tour. Photo by Viveck Nagarajan. The Mumbai edition of Hornbill on Tour saw six of the city’s best independent bands...
View ArticlePeepal Tree Win Bengaluru Leg of Hornbill On Tour 2015
(from left) Music Task Force Nagaland’s Theja Meru, Suraj Mani, and members from Peepal Tree – drummer Willy Demoz, vocalist Sujay Harthi and guitarist Tony Das with host and judge Jishnu Dasgupta....
View ArticlePhotos: John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension Kick Off India Tour
John McLaughlin live in Kolkata. Photo: Margub Ali When jazz fusion legend John McLaughlin returned to Kolkata after a decade to perform with his band, The 4th Dimension, you can imagine the capacity...
View ArticlePhotos: Michael Learns To Rock Live at The Festival 2015, Kolkata
Michael Learns to Rock at the Festival in Kolkata. Photo: Margub Ali The ninth edition of Kolkata festival series The Festival proved to us that genre is no bar. In the past, they’ve hosted the likes...
View ArticlePhotos: Amyt Datta Live at Jamsteady, Kolkata
Amyt Datta live at Jamsteady. Photo: Margub Ali Indie gig series [and general blessing for the Kolkata music scene] Jamsteady returned after a gap of three weeks to host veteran experimental guitarist...
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