In conversation with Warren Mendonsa ahead of Jazz India Circuit
What has surprised you most in 2018? When I was a kid in the 1980s, I naively thought that as a human race we’d have figured out a lot of
30 November 2018
What has surprised you most in 2018? When I was a kid in the 1980s, I naively thought that as a human race we’d have figured out a lot of
Takiye Pe Sar (Amanda Sodhi with Drishyam Play) There is something irreplaceable about universal experiences. No matter how often you talk about love, loss and personal redemption, it remains
Let’s get the cliche out of the way. Why did you pick drums? I’ve loved the sound of percussion since my childhood. When I was 12 or 13, I first
Zaraasa (Pavan Gaikwad): Debuts are a good thing. It means someone else decided that they were going to deafen their inner monologue of self-doubt, and do something that they love.
As far as debuts go, this band out of Noida is fine. The problem is that when using the word fine in this regard, you are reminded more of the
“Prog” is a difficult genre to define, mainly because you put King Crimson, Brian Eno, Steven Wilson and Opeth altogether in it. It took me years, but I eventually translated
In this conversation, the exceptionally talented Mohini Dey talks about it all – she narrates little anecdotes from her childhood, addresses her love for fashion, the choices she had to
What is the most potent misconception that people have about you? Either that I’m serious (I’m always playing around, as people who follow me on Instagram have probably seen) or
I’m a sucker for stories, regardless of the medium. Good art, after all, is simply the telling of stories that matter to the artist. If things go well, the story
Blossom Dearie was the last of those glittering women around whom revolved evening at cabarets. Their gossamer voices crooned of love, lust, loss and other things you weren’t quite aware
Sei Unmaad Nikha (Bhargav Ojapali) Difference, if accepted, is a source of strength. It compels us to expand the limits of our knowledge and makes the world bearable. On good
Floating (LAYER Music Project and K.C. Loy) When reviewing Layer Music Project previously, the one quality that kept emerging was fascination. Chaitanya Bulusu’s music attempts to indulge in preconceived narratives,
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