CHENNAI: Six persons were arrested and a minor boy was detained after a 17-year-old gaana singer was stabbed to death by a group at a funeral in Saidapet on Tuesday. They were identified as S Dinesh ...

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 ...

*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 ...

CHENNAI: On November 24, when Chennai was buckling down and preparing itself for Cyclone Nivar, singer Isaivani was oblivious to another storm that was to hit her and change her life forever. Still ...

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 ...

\'The Casteless Collective\', a band of youngsters is belting out Gaana - the music of Chennai\'s subjugates - in all its raw and tainted glory. Singing the musical form - Gaana - that has its origins ...

A huge Ambedkar portrait greets you at Gaana singer Palani's home, a modest affair built by the slum clearance wing in Chennai's Puliyanthope neighbourhood. "He is the god I first worship. Other gods ...

Police on Saturday arrested a 24-year-old gaana singer on charges of dowry harassment. The man was identified as Dharani of Raja Thottam, Pulianthope. Representative image CHENNAI: Police on Saturday ...

Chennai, Aug. 22: Chennai, the city that was once Madras, turned 375 today, marking the occasion with heritage walks, music shows, film screenings, campus carnivals, quiz contests and food festivals ...

'I want them to stand up against abuse, inequality and create a safe, equal world where men and women respect and value each other beyond caste and gender.' IMAGE: Chennai-based gaana artiste Isaivani ...

‘Vyasarpadi’ Muniammal sings about her dead husband in a deep voice. “ Nee irandha podhum unai marakka mudiyuma … (How can I forget you once you’re gone?)” She emphasises each word, sounding matter-of ...