Music biography

The best books on the biographies of music styles and influence.

Visit some intimate moments from Kishore Kumar’s life in this photo album

A product of over thirty years of research, this ultimate biography goes beyond Kishore’s nearly three thousand songs and his…

2 years ago

How Jagjit Singh Won the South Over: An excerpt from ‘Baat Niklegi Toh Phir’

Jagjit rubbed shoulders with many other artistes, some of whom were as passionate as him. Among them [...] Subhash Ghai, with whom he would forge a friendship…

9 years ago

The Ghazal King’s Introduction to Music: An Excerpt from ‘Baat Niklegi Toh Phir’

Music was not a part of [Jagjit Singh's household's] daily life, at least not in the way it is today.…

9 years ago

The Role Ajmer Sharif Played in Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan being Chosen the Successor to Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat's father Fateh Ali Khan was diagnosed with throat cancer and died in March 1964, just when Nusrat was appearing for his school-leaving…

9 years ago

The Little Qawwal: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

From very early on, Nusrat was deeply interested in everything related to music. In secret, he followed the classes when his father was…

10 years ago