The guys in Whitesnake felt like a family: Bassist Tanya O’Callaghan

Welcome to my series of conversations with Stalwarts of Music. Speaking of my guest today, I'm talking to a very interesting lady Tanya O'Callaghan, an established freelance musician, motivational speaker and activist as well. She's got a very eclectic and impressive career.

All Girls: All Guns N’ Roses - that’s Paradise Kitty

Comprising of veteran L.A. based drummer, Rachel Rine, front woman Jenna Syde, guitarist Ariel Bellvalaire, bassist Terrii Kiing and rhythm guitarist Hisako Ozawa, Paradise Kitty is one helluva rock band you have to hear to experience what it’s like to listen to a Guns N’ Roses all female band. With Axl Rose and all the other G N’ R members endorsing their music, you know you are doing something right.

Harmonica Lessons with Corky Siegel

Want to learn the Harmonica? Who better to teach you than one of the world’s great blues harmonica players, blues pianist, singer and writer Mark Paul “Corky” Siegel, a Chamber Blues progenitor and sole pioneer/composer of award-winning revolutionary works that weave blues and classical forms together.

“I relate to Indian culture.” –The Weeknd

In a new cover story for GQ’s September issue, the brand’s first-ever global edition, singer The Weeknd, also known as Abel Tesfaye, speaks with special projects editor Mark Anthony Green about his upcoming album, The Grammys, and how he separates Abel from his dark, gritty public persona.

The Fastest Guitarist on the Planet: Italy’s Davide Lo Surdo

Anyone who has watched Michael Angelo Batio on YouTube would tell you about his renowned jaw-dropping speed on the guitar. Batio is not the only guitarist who plays the double neck guitar or the V neck guitar; there are many others like Slash of Guns N’ Roses to Steve Vai to name a few.

Carnatic music and rap is a great adrenaline rush for me: Shan Vincent de Paul

For Sri Lanka-born Canadian recording artist Shan Vincent De Paul, India's music holds a special place in his heart as he gave the audience goosebumps while performing a fusion of Carnatic beats played on the Mridangam and rap at the recently held Vh1 Supersonic in Pune.

American all girl band The Aces bring on girl power

The Aces are no strangers to doing what they want. Four young girls who want to do something in the music world and do it right. The Aces began in sometime 2016, but the roots go back when sisters Cristal and Alisa Ramirez were eight years old and enjoyed jamming with their music loving parents, their father who would dance salsa with them and their mother who played the best of 1980s pop artists like Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. Interest brewed and before you knew it, thoughts for forming a band took off.

Indian music culture in general is really intriguing to us: Fly By Night

New York based indie pop and visual collective duo Fly By Midnight is made up of songwriter Justin Bryte and songwriter/producer Justin Slavo. Following a sold out album show in NYC and performances at Firefly and Panorama festival, the duo has continued to generate strong independent buzz by releasing catchy original pop anthems and reimagined cover songs.

‘A lot of storytelling is in my new EP ‘Love Letters’ – Anoushka Shankar

Six-time Grammy® Award-nominated sitarist, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar was recently in Mumbai as part of her worldwide tour of her latest EP “Love Letters’. This tour marked her grand homecoming to the Indian sub-continent after more than 2 years, and the release of the EP and also a compilation of songs written across 2018-2019. which will release just before the tour in February 2020.

The new Teen Heartthrob - Johnny Orlando

Despite his young age, Johnny Orlando drives many girls crazy – blame that on his awesome vocals and singing talents, not forgetting his good looks. He’s the new kid on the block and is all set to bloom to be a star soon. Like so many great artists before him, Johnny Orlando got his start on YouTube when he was barely six years old.