When Sukanya Ramgopal walked into the percussion scene over five decades ago, she didn’t just carry a ghatam, she had for company defiance, grit, and the will to break barriers. Today, seated among ...

For nearly six decades, the resonant sounds of the ghatam have travelled with Tripunithura N Radhakrishnan across concert halls in India and around the world. Beginning his musical journey at a young ...

In a government hospital ward in Bengaluru, as the terrible tragedies of the Covid pandemic played out around her, Sumana Chandrashekar was battling for her life. Yet, even in those lonely hours ...

Listening to ghatam player Vikku Vinayakram accompanying M.S. Subbulakshmi in a concert in the United Nations (UN), noted Tamil writer Kothamangalam Subbu said music emanating from the sand of Tamil ...

New Delhi: Many years ago, when renowned Ghatam player Sumana Chandrashekar first expressed her interest in playing ghatam, a percussion instrument, she was told ‘gosh, your hands’. “It was coming ...

Sukanya Ramgopal, India's first female ghatam artist, defied gender norms to master the traditionally male-dominated instrument. Despite facing sexism from male musicians and event organizers, she ...

Some musical performances are so beautiful that they have the power to calm one’s mind. And the Internet is filled with videos that perfectly fit that description. One such clip featuring a man ...

I often feel that instruments have a way of calling; it is a pukaar, a call, that simply cannot be ignored. When it comes, it feels like a giant wave that gently sweeps over one’s whole being. This ...

Like everything else in the pandemic, Carnatic music too has pivoted to a more digital way of being. An on-demand streaming of a ghatam ensemble this weekend continues this trend. Part of an online ...

The musician has been using his time during the lockdown to experiment with ghatam and has named his venture, Layanubhava. The video of ghatam artiste Vazhapally R Krishnakumar’s performance of the ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher Song of the Clay Pot - My Journey With the Ghatam, Sumana Chandrashekar, published by‎ Speaking Tiger Books. I must tell you about this incredible woman, ...

For nearly six decades, the resonant sounds of the ghatam have travelled with Tripunithura N Radhakrishnan across concert halls in India and around the world. Beginning his musical journey at a young ...