How A Failed Actor Became A Legendary Composer Who Redefined Hindi Film Music

In the golden era of Hindi cinema, his melodies charmed listeners with their rare sweetness. His creative bond with Lata ...

The shades of Bob Dylan’s Desire

Broadway director, a young classical violinist, and a country music singer followed Dylan on a collaborative journey that ...
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1977 was SO much more than punk. We rank its 25 greatest albums

Beyond the punk explosion, 1977 was a kaleidoscopic year of disco fever, prog ambition, funk, soul and the birth of ...
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Lata Mangeshkar considered him guru, failed as an actor, became a star music composer, worked in over 150 films, name is…

The celebrated composer of the 1940s and 1950s brought a unique blend of Indian ragas and Western instruments to Hindi cinema. His melodies, including songs from Albela and the patriotic classic Ae ...
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Police appeal on property found in Lakefield National Park

Cooktown Police are seeking to find the owner of a number of items located in the Lakefield National Park in October. A ...
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Car rescued from underwater resting place at Port Douglas

According to witnesses, the Port Douglas Yacht Club member saw the distraught owner on Sunday who had lost control of his car ...

How Italian maestro Andrea Rinciari is reinventing the great American jazz guitar songbook

Soho Sessions is the sound of Rinciari cutting loose and putting his own stamp on the classics, with the help of his one-of-a ...
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Amir ElSaffar’s Microtonal Mission to Expand Jazz One Note at a Time

Epiphanies come, as epiphanies do, in unexpected and often far-flung settings. For trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, three such ...