Independent India’s first musical instrument, the Mohanveena, has been granted a historic patent after 78 years. The recognition marks a major milestone in preserving India’s musical heritage ...

Bamboo flutes, clay pot drums and wooden string instruments highlight how Indian musical traditions embraced sustainability through natural materials and repairable design.

India and KSHMR are inseparable, not only because of the American DJ’s roots in the country, but also because every time he ...

For violin virtuosos Ganesh and Kumaresh Rajagopalan, the instrument is more than just a bridge between East and West—it is the very genesis of sound. The elder brother Ganesh, 61, recalls a story ...

A 2,000-year-old instrument, carved out of wood into the elegant curve of the mythical yaazhi’s neck, animal skin covering the resonator and thin strings connecting them both, is the stuff of myth, ...