Melancholic Melody
No recognition, no respect, not enough money to feed his family, still Noor Mohammad Shah sings to keep the art alive. Bought to life...
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...
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...
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...
RAPPER’S REPUBLIC
At the peak of summer agitation in 2010, the wave of Roushan Illahi’s ‘I Protest’ song brought a new cultural phenomenon in Kashmir. SHAMS...
A Musical Journey
When everything in Kashmir virtually came to a halt with the outbreak of militancy in 1989, Mohammad Amin Lala, a music enthusiast, found time...
Bringing the timeless music back
Singers are breaking the shackles and re-introducing traditional Kashmiri music to the people it belongs to. Tanveen Kawoosa tells the story of one such...
Jockeying Kashmir
For aspiring Radio Jockeys, Sophie is an inspiration. Her own life has a daily transition from a homely girl to a chirpy anchor. Shazia...
The Young Sopori
Keeping his family’s tradition alive, young music maestro Abhay Rustum Sopori mesmerized local audiences with his compositions at controversial Zubin Mehta concert. Syed Asma...
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...
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,...
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,...
The Music Scientist
Syed Shahzad Asim chose music over medicine and became a successful musician. His family had opposed his career choice and is now proud of...
A Sufiyana Group
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
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