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The name Eclectica perfectly describes the ensemble performing at Fivesparks Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. Harvard resident Louise Grasmere, a vocalist with the quartet, said they play “a fusion of ...

The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We can help keep Afghanistan’s music alive. Plus, Eliane Radigue’s deep listening, and the ...

In a world where parents are looking for more significant and distinctive names for their children, the Indian artistic and musical tradition provides a veritable treasure trove of options that are ...

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There’s something gentle about how Indian classical music lives around us. It doesn’t announce itself. It waits, in the soft hum of a tanpura at dawn, in an old radio playing across the room, in the ...