Change of Heart
Despite a difficult childhood and lifelong disability Riyaz A Wani established himself as a professional singer. But then everything seemed out-of-sync as he had...
Sarangi Lover
Fighting a protracted battle at home to choose music as a career, Iqbal Shah finally started making and playing the instruments. Three years later,...
Fading Sounds
An uncle and a nephew could be the last makers of Sarangi and Swarnai, the two key musical instruments of Kashmir music. There is...
Bhaand ‘Diplomacy’
The down spiral of Kashmir’s centuries old folk art Bhaand-e-Paether is often attributed to the turmoil in Kashmir; however, the ‘other’ factors pounding it...
Melody In Music
Mixing modern melody with prose and poetry, Kashmir’s new-age singers and musicians have resurrected folk songs in a different way. Creating their own platforms,...
Music In Mud House
Deep into north Kashmir, Faheem Mir meet a small community that sings and lives on folk music but is facing a tense situation in...
Making Melodies
Born visually impaired, Yasir picked the art of music and is now an established singer, reports Mariah Shah
In the last few years, Yasir Noorani...
Exposing Claims
Comic content creator Musaib Bhat’s latest peppy number exposes the claims that people and the system make within and about the City of Kashmir,...
Reso-Nation
As strife created gulf for expression for pain and despair, the feeble movement of turmoil art took over. Soon the internet as the vast...
Bhajan Sopori (June 22, 1948 – June 2, 2022)
by Tahir Bhat
Kashmir’s most known Santoor maestro, Bhajan Sopori died on June 2, 2022, after a protracted illness. He had cancer in the colon....
Golden Voice
A faith healers son, Kabul Bukhari did his primary schooling in Karnah and then in Srinagar. He finally flew to Mumbai for studies and...
2022: Most Watched ‘Songs’
An artist’s song went viral because everyone hated it. Welcome to the world of cringe choices, writes Raashid Andrabi while listing the top Kashmiri...
Virtual Gulrez
A post graduate in environmental science recorded a Kashmiri song. Watching it emerge as a smash hit on the web, Adil Gurezi jumped into...
2023: Kashmri’s Music Chart
Even though smart individuals with the smartest technology manage the best visuals for their sub-average songs to attract more eyeballs, still, unlike in 2021...
In Search of Sufiyana
Musicians performing Sufiyana ragas in parties that ran all night are a thing of the past. A few young artists have now taken up...
