Author's anecdotes and impression on the life and musical genius of musicians of Hindustani music style.

In the middle of the nineteenth century a new family of hereditary musicians emerged in the royal court of Lucknow and subsequently rose to the heights of renow

This book offers an inclusive lens through which to study the music and dance of South Asia, its diasporas, and the people who produce and use these cultural ex

Ways of Voice explores techniques of voice production in North India, from Bollywood to raga music to ghazal to devotional hymns and Sufi song. The voices in pl

In 1902 The Gramophone Company in London sent out recording experts on "expeditions" across the world to record voices from different cultures and backgrounds.