The atmosphere is something to be savoured, but we decided to find a way to make the music reach people,” says N Murali, President of Music Academy. With no major Bollywood productions coming to the fore in 2020, indie music got a new lease of life. Mumbai-based Aditi Ramesh’s impressive scat singing of the Muthuswami Dikshitar compositions where she melds Carnatic classical music with jazz and soul have made her the most promising artiste of 2020. According to Carnatic classical vocalist TM Krishna, there are some beautiful aspects of the guru-shishya parampara, although he cautions against “eulogising” it. Music and dance gave us a sense of community and self-awareness with the whole world and that feeling was precious in the pandemic.

Source: Indian Express January 01, 2021 05:26 UTC