Hello fellow music explorers! Welcome to India’s only English & K-Pop Music Blog. Even though this space has been dedicated majorly to English Music, I also believe that music is bigger than all barriers. Given that Republic Day is right around the corner on 26th January, I would like to give a shoutout to a home-grown
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SPK Academy student, Louis Natale is a notable Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist. As a budding hippie when Pandit Ravi Shankar splashed onto the Western music scene, Louis was instantly attracted to the new sound. With an eye for unique instruments, upon his journey to India in 2013, he acquired his first sitar. Fast forward a few
October 31, 2016 by Santosh Baynes What applicants are looking for about the Fellowship Interested in joining the IndianRaga Fellowship programme? Wondering where to start, and looking for insight from fellows on the programme? Read on… My name is Santosh Baynes, and I’ve been part of the IndianRaga Fellowship 2016 programme,
SPK Academy, Jay Matrona (foreground) practicing with fellow SPK students. Growing up, his mother played Carole King and Barbara Streisand albums during the day and his father put on Charlie Parker, George Shearing and Jimmy Smith records at night. “I loved it all,” Jay says. “And, I’d go to bed and hear my dad practicing
I was introduced to Hindustani classical music and briefly learned vocal music, very early in my life. Thanks to my mother, I was exposed to musical performances by the great maestros of the 50s and 60s. The first time I listened to Ustad Vilayat Khansaheb’s recordings, I was barely a teen. The delicacy of the
Our new segment for the blog this year is SPK Academy’s Featured Student. We will be choosing 4 – 6 students each year to feature as part of this segment. These students will have shown exceptional dedication to their music and incredible improvement in their technical ability with the sitar during their time with us.
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SPK Academy hopes you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday and are set for a New Year filled with music! To make the most of what the Academy’s offerings be sure and check our Learning Sessions page often as we plan to update it regularly throughout the coming year. The Academy’s New Year got off to
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