Vh1 celebrates the Top 50 videos of 2022 in Top 50 Mid-Year Countdown

The past six months in the world of music have given fans a lot to dance, hum, and groove to. We’ve witnessed widely-anticipated releases take the world by storm. It’s now time to have some mid-year recognition for these amazingly sung and picturized videos.

32nd Raindrops Festival for Young Dancers this weekend

The much awaited classical dance festival, particularly for young dancers, known as Raindrops Festival will be held at Nalanda's Kanak Sabha, Juhu, Mumbai, on Friday 22nd July and Saturday 23rd July at 6.30pm.

Naari presents a lush and pensive track in ‘Maybe Its Love’

15th July saw the release of the debut single from Naari, the stunning album highlight Maybe It’s Love taken from her self titled debut album. At it’s core it is a celebration of the many types of love, beyond gender and classifications; a portrait of the joy of coming together as the world briefly opened up in early summer 2021, after what is known as the second lockdown.

Chennai based Ernest Richards’ single ‘Neeré’ is a work of sonic art

Ernest Richards is an independent artist, Music Producer, Singer/Songwriter in English and Tamil, Music Educator, and a Biblical Scholar from Chennai, India. As a keyboardist and multi-genre musician he has also undertaken session work internationally. His body of work as a musician and artist (since 2004), enables him to possess a unique musical perspective and vocabulary - which he states is only because of God’s abundant grace.

Udaipur Hindi Alternative rock band Khanabadosh release single ‘Mumkin Nahin’

Khanabadosh is a Hindi Alternative Rock band based out of the Udaipur. The band is on a journey to create music that echoes through the head and heart of the audience, inspired by real-world events and incidents that the people can connect to, from the soul.

Bali and Aastha Gill team up for a new dance track ‘Balma’

Warner Music India, has just dropped Bali and Aastha Gill's latest dance anthem Balma. The song is fun, spunky and ready to get audiences grooving to its tunes. Shot in vibrant colours on the streets of Bangkok, the dance video has Bali and Aastha taking their unique style and attitude quotient a notch higher. Balma is sure to be the next desi upbeat dance number, taking all the party playlists and nation by storm.

Delhi rapper Saar Punch releases debut EP ‘Oopar Neeche’

Saransh Batra, a.k.a Saar Punch is a Rapper/R&B artist from Delhi, who recently dropped his debut E.P 'Oopar Neeche' on 15th of July which encapsulates the very highs and very lows that he has seen in his life. The whole project serves as a reminder to keep moving forward despite of this inevitable turbulence in life. “I have tried to tap into very different zones both sonically and lyrically to reflect these extremities”, states Saar Punch.

Dance Bells Ceremony in Mumbai

For a classical dancer, the dancing bells are of utmost significance, as it symbolises the harmony of rhythm which has to be maintained between life, dance and music. Rhythm is like breathing, hence vital for existence and living, similarly the dancer has to maintain precise accuracy while dancing, which forms the highlight of classical dancing.

The Yellow Diary singer Himonshu Parikh releases song ‘Le Chal’

Warner Music India recently released Himonshu Parikh’s latest track and its music video Le Chal on Warner Music India’s official YouTube channel. Himonshu Parikh is part of the popular indie band The Yellow Diary (Roz Roz and Marz fame) is also a singer-songwriter himself.

Celebrating 75 years of Independence, The National Centre for the Performing Arts announces ‘Bandish’ to honor great Indian composers

Indian music is based around a well-structured melodic and rhythmic composition known as Bandish. It represents a central idea or base upon which a performance is sculpted and created. Celebrating 75 years of Independence, this 3-day musical festival will showcase some iconic music of legendary composers from the pre-independence, and post-independence eras of Indian history.