“Betabiyaan sends mixed love signals” - Leslee Lewis

Just about a month after the release of his new single Chandrama, Leslee (now spelt with an addded ‘e’) Lewis, one half of the lovable duo Colonial Cousins, is back in the news for his second new single Betabiyaan.

I want to do more creative work in Bollywood: Dharmendra Narayan

There’s nothing we love more than a someone who does things their way, and Dharmendra Narayan Shrivastav is in that department. The Bihar native holds audiences rapt with his guitar and soulful voice and is a pleasure to listen to.

Reviving Folk music: Jambili

Jambili is a Folk – rock band that was formed mainly to preserve and bring back long forgotten Karbi folk songs that were almost forgotten by the people from district Diphu in Assam. The idea to form a band was conceived when school friends came together and played for the first time, trying to bring back the folks songs that were almost forgotten.

“My new single revolves all that is happening around us today” - Zarir Warden

Zarir Warden of ONEmpire is feeling on top of the world. He has just released a brand new single What’s Going On that is a must hear. It’s got some fab lyrics with a catchy hook that gives this a truly international flavour. “When the world falls down, all that you’re left with, is pieces”…. Wow this is some good punch in a long time. A lot of time, energy and hard work has gone into making this new music and the video.

“Love is the most powerful force in the world” – Ananya Birla

With a surname that could get her anywhere, Ananya doesn’t wish to fall back on it and instead she is keen on building her own legacy. At 25, Ananya is many things; intelligent, passionate, with a sharp entrepreneurial mind, forging her way into a music career, a dream she nursed while studying at college.

“Through my songs and music I want to by spread awareness and positive messages” - Alobo Naga

Awards, citations and accolades are not new to independent artiste Alobo Naga. At the recent 6th edition of the Artist Aloud Music Awards, Alobo Naga walked away with three awards - Best Song for Chasing Ghosts, Best English Song for Wolo and Best Artiste from North East India.

“I couldn’t find a book on Classical music, so I decided to pen one myself” - Ranjani Gehani

Alankars - The Riyaz Manual, compiled by singer Ranjani Gehani, is a book filled with musical knowledge. It is a compilation of 2541 alankar/paltas/ swar patterns. A reference book, the ultimate handbook for riyaz/practice for singers and instrumentalists. All possible combinations of 1 to 5 swaras have been compiled into Paltas and presented in this book.

“Other rappers collect sneakers, I collect pens and books.” Rapper Naezy

One of India’s most popular rappers Naved Shaikh, better known as Naezy, who hails from Mumbai, first broke into mainstream rap with the song Mere Gully Mein with fellow rapper Divine.

“It’s important to have some degree of musical education” - Nucleya

Produced by Red Bull Media House, the Mind Behind is a cross-discipline series about the lives and careers of professionals across multiple streams. Started as a three-part video series on Red Bull India’s Instagram page, episode four featured Udyan Sagar, better known as Nucleya, who is arguably amongst India’s most popular electronic musicians. He talks to Mae Mariyam Thomas.

Family Band that Plays together - Quiet Storm

Quiet Storm is the latest to joion the list of winners of the Mahindra Blues Hunt. 3 bands were shortlisted for the finale that took place a week before the Mahindra Blues Festival at Mehboob Studios, Bandra. The event was held at the True School of Music in Lower Parel. The band hunt was judged by Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendosa and got the winners a chance to perform at the Garden Stage of Mahindra Blues Festival 2020, which took take place at Mehboob Studios on 8th & 9th of February. This is the 10th anniversary edition of the festival.