Shortly after many failed attempts at tabla, I fell in love with the folk drum of Punjab: the dhol.It is a barrel-shaped, double-headed, wooden shell drum, slung over the shoulder and known for ...

A dhol costs between Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000 and it takes about two to three days to make one. "Since people don't have an ear for our music, our only patrons are the temples and Puja organizers.

A dhol, dholak and tabla kept harmony with the harmonium and the benjo for a nice little instrumental until the next artiste was ready. And then she came to liven up the atmosphere.

The sounds of dhol tasha are in the air as neighbourhood groups gear up for the upcoming festival season, practising beats ...

Ashim Sengupta has been in the music industry for over 40 years, mainly as a percussionist, sometimes accompanying artistes on the tabla, dhol or pakhwaj or sometimes playing in background scores or ...

Earlier the evening commenced with Taal-Vichitra, an annual ritual observed by the Master and disciples of Rhythm. This year a group of twelve children on the tabla, Dhak, Dhol, Kasor, Ghanta, and ...

No piece of music can be considered complete without the able accompaniment of a right percussion instrument. The Indian musical landscape has been enriched with percussion instruments like tabla ...

And now for something a little bit different. The marvellous Dhol Foundation will be raising the roof at Plug ‘n’ Play studios in Reading on Saturday.