Music

For over three decades Nisar Ahmad Dar enthralled audiences with western musical in one of radio Kashmir’s most loved programme. An ardent music lover he is all set to launch his first solo album...

As strife created gulf for expression for pain and despair, the feeble movement of turmoil art took over. Soon the internet as the vast and democratic space became a natural landscape to the new...

A Muslim woman is taking Sikh boys and girls in Srinagar closer to their religion by teaching them kirtan singing. Tasleema Langoo is a regular at Gurduwaras and finds applause even in the Golden...

Five young girls picked up the art of playing intricate musical instruments with a serious bid to revive Kashmir’s fading Sufiyana Mosiqi, reports Farzana Nisar It is raining outside, and the walls of a single storey...

A rock of teenagers creates music that speaks of growing up in conflict. And a group of youth come together to compose music that speaks of the tragedies and questions the powers of the...

The advent of rap music in Kashmir with Roushan Ilahi’s powerful song, ‘I Protest’, has given birth to a new generation of budding and talented rappers who are using music to express the rage,...

In school, he was celebrated for his singing abilities. Later as vocal passion pitched up, Mir Saqib secured several singing competitions before a change struck and flipped his tunes and notes, reports Saima Rashid He...

Ahmad Najeeb meets a Sopore boy who raps for the social cause and has vowed not to make money from his art. He is currently preparing for IAS Padho Beta Likho Beta Doctor Beta, Engineer Beta, Kabhi...

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. His death was the outcome of multi-organ failure. The 73-year-old...

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 has gained a lot of attention and appreciation. A specially-abled...

Waqar Khan and Ishfaq Kawa’s songs on Youtube have fetched them millions of views. Their emergence in Kashmir’s cultural space was partly the outcome of the massive restrictions that limited people to their homes...

Bilal Handoo Srinagar As the reams of newsprint were consumed to report and analyze the sudden “threat” received by the Valley’s only girl band making Chief Minister Omar Abdullah coming to their rescue on twitter, the...

A Ladishah artist and a singer, both students, make a splash on Kashmir’s social media and outside the region as well. Syed Samreen meets the new faces with new voices who are determined to walk...