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- Video | “There is more than one form of being a devadasi”: The complex world of India’s devadasis – Interview with filmmaker (Lady) Beeban Kidron
- Open access version (text and audio files): The goddess Māriyammaṉ in music and in sociology of religion
- The mridangam makers of Mylapore
- A musical tribute to Prof. S. A. Srinivasan by Karaikudi Voyage – Sreevidhya Chandramouli (vocal & vina)
- Melakarta raga application
- There really is no such thing as a ‘learner’ raga
- Learn to distinguish and remember the 72 melakarta ragas – free course
- Was die südindische Musik immer interessanter macht
- Veena Dhanammal’s soulful music
- Sannidi’s 8th Annual Festival 21st – 24th December 2018
- Search a reservoir of Indian theses: Shodhganga, “a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses – Open access
- On the tanpura / tambura – Martin Spaink
- Website Recommendations – Music Research Library
- Why Carnatic Music Matters More Than Ever
- Tip | Online research library: Musicresearchlibrary.net
- Musical map | Familiarize yourself with the world of South Indian classical music
- Swarakshetra’s Thyagaraja Festival at the Embassy of India – The Hague 3 February 2018
- Up-to-date information: Composers, musicians, scholars, publications and special events
- New online tool that will turn written konnakkol into audio
- The tambura’s role in perfect alignment to pitch: “The most beautiful way to discover music” – T.M. Krishna
- Bhava enables the transmission of experience of thoughts and emotions – Narayana Vishwanath
- Unity in Diversity, Antiquity in Contemporary Practice? South Indian Music Reconsidered
- Subbulakshmi and contemporary feminism: Sunil Khilnani on BBC Radio 4 Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
- A storm of songs: India and the idea of the bhakti movement
- “Sri Saraswathi Chakra”: Understanding the melodic concepts of Carnatic, Hindustani and Western with the help of an innovative 72 Melakarta wheel
- “What Ragam Are You?” Absorbing the essence of ragas with a personal touch, literally! – YouTube
- Nagasvaram (nadaswaram): The “auspicious” wind instrument without which no festive occasion is ever complete
- The Oxford Illustrated Companion available again – extra service
- “Useful chapter on voice training” – A History of Singing
- Tip | Nagasvaram Festival recital by Karukuruchi P Arunachalam: High pitch with rarely heard “ottu” drone
- Registration for special courses
- Appreciating the beauty and importance of the nagasvaram: “Carnatic music grew because of the nagaswaram” – S. Rajam
- The idea of singing birds: A tribute to a vital artistic tradition – Book Review
- Life-giver and soul of Indian music: The Tambura (tanpura) according to T.M. Krishna
- Tip | Find detailed song lyrics on Sahityam.net
- Über die Musiktraditionen Südindiens
- “Only a tambura can bring in a tranquil aura”: Musicians comment on the convenience and compromise of digital tanpura
- Tambura / Tanpura “tree of enlightenment” for Mallikarjun Mansur
- Google Custom Search (requires JavaScript)
- Carnatic music resources – new fast Google custom search pages
- Sreevidhya & N Chandramouli – vina duo and violin
- Weighty rendition by new generation of Karaikudi vina tradition
- Site-specific workshops and courses
- Documentary on S.Rajam singer, scholar, teacher and painter – YouTube video
- The first Sabha of Madras
- Paper and Lecture Recital – 15th International Conference of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung Goettingen
- Paper and Lecture Recital at the International Congress of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung
- All craftsmen in Miraj are musicians – the wonderfully resonant Tanpura (Tambura)
- Rajeswari Padmanabhan: Vainika, teacher, friend – a tribute in Sruti, A Monthly Magazine on Indian Performing Arts
- Press coverage: A musical picture book from Kerala
- The Small Theatre (Sittrarangam) – Ekagrata Publications
- Vaitari: A musical picture book from Kerala
- Reviews – Raga Dhana: An Alpha-Numerical Directory of Ragas
- Book reviews: Eloquent Percussion: A Guide to South Indian Rhythm
- AT HOME with Master Musicians of Madras by Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy
- Indian music and the west – an account by Sangita Kalanidhi Trichy Sankaran
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