It looks like a tambura but sounds similar to a mridangam.Gethu vadhyam or jhallary is one of the accompanying instruments from yore that make rare appearances at music workshops and not at Carnatic ...

In Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, the dholak is more than a musical instrument. It is a working product, one that moves seamlessly through homes, temples, wedding processions, neighbourhood gatherings, and ...

Tabla and dholak player Babar Ali Khanna can be called a lone ranger. While his musical journey spans a period of nearly 20 years, it was his appearance on Coke Studio Season One which really gave his ...

BIJNOR: After a four-month lull, the sound of wood being cut into barrel shapes and beats of drum are reverberating again in the streets of Amroha (UP) — India’s dholak manufacturing hub — as 300-odd ...

A son was born to Ustad Nobi Bukhsh, music director of musicals, in 1903 in a village called Naal, near Bikaner, Rajasthan. His first tabla performance was at the age of six, after which he continued ...