North Chennai’s gaana songs that reflect struggles of the marginalised are going global CHENNAI: As catchy as ‘Enjoy enjaami’ or ‘Kaathu mela’ may be, these Vada Chennai songs aren’t just ...

*As dusk descends on Pulicat Lake—a large saltwater lagoon on the border of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in South India—Isaivani starts singing a rousing “gaana” song. She is the only female singer ...

Composer Santhosh Narayanan’s soundtrack for Vetrimaaran’s upcoming Dhanush-starrer Vada Chennai is steeped in the gaana tradition, the urban Tamil folk music genre that is an integral part of North ...

Gung ho and gaana-rich, North Chennai will blaze a trail into South Chennai this year at the Urur Olcott Kuppam Vizha. Rebranded the Chennai Kalai Theru Vizha, The fifth edition of the Urur Olcott ...

A few years ago, 36-year-old Sakthi Venkatesan, who grew up in an Egmore Housing Board tenement, decided to become a hip-hop artiste. He travelled to the United States, met some of the OGs of locking ...

They’ve enthralled us for years and, each time they bring out something new, we lap it up! These women in music have us seeking out their work in good times and bad and in sickness and health. Team ...