
Hero: How Enrique Iglesias Won India's Heart
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Written by The Revolver Club
For many Indians who came of age in the early 2000s, Enrique Iglesias was more than a pop star - ...
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Break Stuff: The Cult of Limp Bizkit
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For many people, Limp Bizkit never really disappeared. They simply receded into the background of...
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D' Angelo: 11 February 1974 - 14 October 2025
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D’Angelo’s death sent a wave of grief through every corner of the music world — not just fans of ...
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The Prodigy: How U. Srinivas gave the Mandolin a Carnatic Soul
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Written by The Revolver Club
In the rich continuum of Carnatic music, instruments such as the violin, veena, mridangam, and fl...
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The Trip: Om Dar-Ba-Dar and the Birth of Indian Cinematic Anarchy
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Written by The Revolver Club
When Om Dar-Ba-Dar resurfaced in theatres in 2014 after twenty-six years in obscurity, it wasn’t ...
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Street Poet: How Chamkila Defied Punjabi Norms Through his Music
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Amar Singh Chamkila remains one of Indian music’s most paradoxical figures. A man from the margin...
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For Export: How Shreyas Delivered Marathi Rap to The World
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In Berlin clubs, at weddings in Mumbai, and on reels looping endlessly online, the chant of “laka...
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Jazz Diplomacy: How Music Became America's Unlikely Cold War Weapon
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Written by The Revolver Club
In 1956, with the Cold War intensifying and global opinion shifting, the U.S. State Department ma...
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Zubeen Garg 18 November 1972 - 19 September 2025
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The news of Zubeen Garg’s sudden passing in Singapore on 19 September 2025 has struck a deep cho...
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Rebellion: The Story of India's Indie Movement
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For decades, Indian music was held in the orbit of cinema. Playback singers and film composers do...
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Unlikely Inheritance: How Akshaya Mohanty gave Odia it's Ghazal Voice
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When one opens the door to modern Odia ghazal, they invariably finds Akshaya Mohanty standing at ...
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Scribescore: How Indian Metal found it’s Voice
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Metal in India has often been painted as something borrowed from the West and mimicked with varyi...
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Push Play: Coming Down to Ed’s Next
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Ed Sheeran’s rise has often been framed as a fairy tale, but its reality is one of discipline and...
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Fusion Like No Other: Radiohead Boards the Rajasthan Express
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In 2015, Jonny Greenwood stepped away from Radiohead’s circuitry and into the stone courtyard of ...
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A Vanishing Stage: Why Kashmir's Bhand Pather Remains a Fragile Inheritance
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Under the shade of a Chinar, the sound of a drum once called entire villages together. Men in mas...
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Balladeer To A Nation: Why S.P. Balasubrahmanyam's music refuses to fade away
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For four decades, India found its emotions in one man’s voice. Lovers confessed, gods were praise...
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Super Troupers : And why the World sings along with ABBA
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Few pop acts have bridged generations as effortlessly as ABBA. Once written off as Eurovision win...
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Alternate Takes : How Mani Kaul became a defining voice in India's Parallel Film Movement
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In an industry where momentum often trumps meaning, Mani Kaul chose stillness. His frames lingere...
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Beyond the Hour : A Brief History Of The Date Window
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For most watch-wearers today, the date window is a given—usually tucked at 3 o’clock, quietly tic...
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The Other Side Of Dawn : Gary Lawyer on the making of his landmark album
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Manu Trivedi caught up with Gary Lawyer to chat about The Other Side of Dawn released recently on...
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Foundationing : How Rap Cyphers Helped Build Indian Hip-Hop
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Long before viral reels and streaming stats, hip‑hop’s proving ground was a circle. There, MCs st...
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A Reimagining : How Lalgudi Jayaraman Taught the Violin to Sing
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In the early 20th century Carnatic tradition, the violin was a shadow instrument. It stayed close...
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Moonwatch: How Omega's Speedmaster Made It To The Moon
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In the world of mechanical watches, few names carry the weight of the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch...
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Star Maker: How Kishore Kumar Built The Rajesh Kahnna Phenomenon
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In the Hindi cinema of the early 1970s, stardom belonged to the face. The bigger the star on the ...
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Scoring a Revolution: How Rang De Basanti Gave A Generation It's Voice
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When Rang De Basanti was announced in 2005, there was little indication it would become one of th...
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Prince of Darkness; 3 December 1948 - 22 July 2025
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When news broke of Ozzy Osbourne’s passing last week, the headlines all sounded the same: Black S...
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Modernist: How Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan shaped Khayal
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By the mid-20th century, Hindustani classical music stood at a crossroads. The court patronage th...
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Trailblazer: Arijit Singh becomes the most-followed artisit on spotify
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Arijit Singh is the most followed artist on Spotify in the world! With over 152 million followers...
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The Bar: Why Thriller remains the highest selling album of all time
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The numbers are staggering: Over 40 years old, 70 million copies sold - and counting, seven Top 1...
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Reference Grade: The Revolver Club at Munich High End 2025
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A Farewell to Munich
Each year, the Munich High End Show stands as a cornerstone event in the wor...
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How Wes Craven Chose The Ghostface Mask For Scream
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By the mid-90s, horror movies had become somewhat predictable. Scream, written by Kevin Williamso...
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz: Poetry That Refuses To Be Forgotten
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz—how do you even begin to describe him? He was that rare poet who made romance sou...
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When Bappi Lahiri Made A Jingle To Welcome Mike Tyson To India
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In September 2018, during his visit to Mumbai to promote the Kumite 1 League, Tyson was honored w...
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Chi Modu: The Man Behind Hip-Hop's Most Iconic Photos
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For anyone familiar with the golden era of 1990s hip-hop, certain images are instantly recognizab...
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Visionary: The brilliance of Satyajit Ray
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Satyajit Ray had too many talents for one lifetime; writer, director, composer, illustrator, auth...
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Rock & Roll President: How Jimmy Carter Won the White House with Music
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Jimmy Carter’s deep love for music and his connection to high-fidelity audio and musicians define...
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