Carnatic singer Padma Shri Anuradha Sairam will be presenting a concert exclusively of Abhangs Taling about how she was attracted to the musical form, she says, “I grew up in Mumbai and in this ...

A rain-washed dusk slowly settles over the street as the first strains of the ‘Abhangs’ begin to be heard. Slowly at first. Then the pitch rises to the accompaniment of clanging ‘Jalras’ and temple ...

Everything is vintage Marathi: costume, headgear, the tilak not to talk of his entourage and orchestra. Tukaram Ganapathi Maharaj can pass off for a rural Marathi vaarakari, a mendicant bard of sorts.

“On the occasion of Ashadi Ekadashi, when I sing abhangs here, I will consider that my prayers are being offered at the feet of the Lord in Pandharpur,” believes Jayateerth Mevundi, a Karnataka-based ...

Hundreds and thousands of film songs in more than a dozen languages, ghazals, patriotic songs and also ‘bhav geet’, the quintessential semi-classical, non-filmi songs in Marathi, Lata Mangeshkar sang ...

When classical musician Jayateerth Mevundi ended his abhang presentation with ‘Theertha Vitthal,’ to a unique calligraphic backdrop on stage, and a standing ovation at Kamaraj Arangam, Chennai, ...

Abhangvari will provide a platform to the Boy band Abhang Repost to spread the celebration through their modern versions of popular Abhangs. Starting July 8, 9X Jhakaas will exclusively air one new ...

From Pandharpur's pilgrimage trails to the former US president's 2025 playlist, a 13th-century Marathi prayer for universal brotherhood has leapt across time and tides to find a place in Barack ...

For a generation moving away from traditional notions, the rituals of Vaarkaris and their songs might feel archaic. The six-member band, Abhanga Repost, hopes to change this with their updated avatar ...

New Delhi: While Gen Z is reaching for the soundscape of the 2010s for its protest playlist, some Marathi content creators are taking it back to poems composed centuries ago. They’re digging up ...