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World Jazz Festival leads to Perfect Amalgamation
Mumbai receives no respite from musical concerts, and thank goodness for that! Last month saw three leading events, the first one being the Mahindra Blues Festival on February 8 and 9 at the Mehboob…
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Blues, and other colourful sounds of that genre
Attending any event that announces itself as “house full” always provides additional pleasure of feeling privileged, and so it was with the 10th anniversary of the Mahindra Blues Festival held at…
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U2 Live is even better than the real thing!
As a precursor to Irish rock band U2’s 15th and last gig of their ‘The Joshua Tree Tour 2019’ in Mumbai on December 15, I travelled to Singapore to see them live on December 1. The date and…
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Music with wildlife at Ranthambhore 2019
In a fitting finale to this year’s musical activities, 2019’s Ranthambhore Music & Wildlife Festival is scheduled between December 27 and 29 at the Nahargarh Palace in Ranthambhore,…
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Blues come alive with Mud Morganfield
The closest that one could get to blues legend Muddy Waters – who was born McKinley Morganfield – was in the form of his eldest son, 65-year-old Larry “Mud” Morganfield, who performed live at…