Music/Dance

Riz Ahmed to perform livestream version, ‘The Long Goodbye’ for Manchester International Festival; film ‘Mogul Mowgli’ comes out – music and film blitz

🎤 Livestream performance ‘The Long Goodbye’ announced today 🎤 Riz Ahmed film, ‘Mogul Mowgli’ out today 🎤 New song and…

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Rekesh Chauhan produces Indian classical dance and music video on World Mental Health Day to raise awareness

Musican teams up with other creatives to make a video that highlights issue within South Asian communities… TALENTED British pianist…

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Jashn-e-Rekhta – Urdu festival celebrating poetry, music, and cinema comes to London for the first time and in a digital edition

Urdu and Hindi are phonetically the same and gave rise to a rich literary tradition that itself gave birth to…

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Pandit Jasraj – ‘A Remarkable God Given Voice’, Jay Visvadeva (tribute and obituary)

One of the world’s great Indian classical music singers died recently, prompting many including the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

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Raja Kumari – Pop icon talks success, caste controversy, tracks ‘Peace, ‘NRI’, lockdown and Bollywood dream…(video interview)

Indian American star has bold vision and is an artist to watch! RAJA KUMARI is one of the pop world’s…

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AR Rahman – Hitting the high notes with ‘Dil Bechara’ album for Bollywood film

🎼 Burden of expectations already high because of Hollywood film 🎼 Tells acv he likes to know about the director’s…

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‘Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Shorts’ – chance to see iconic choreographer’s works adapted for online viewing and initiate new discussions…

A global star and in demand in other countries, you can see her works, ‘Material Men Redux’, ‘Staging Schiele’ and…

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Bollywood and music megastars appear in special ‘I for India’ fundraiser…

Entertaining those at home and raising money for the fight against Coronavirus in India… AN INCREDIBLE array of Indian and…

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ACV Lockdown listings – what online cultural bites to keep you entertained, enlightened and uplifted! Nitin Sawhney excited about PRS Foundation appointment…

Listings of online offerings that may make you soar and hum like a bird… 😉 (best viewed on a tablet…

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Ravi Shankar 100 Quiz…Test your knowledge about one of India’s great cultural figures… (Answers page)

Our light-hearted quiz about the man and his music…just how well do you know about him and his cultural legacy?…

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