Dee MC – Viva la Hip Hop: INTERVIEW
“And I really feel like if hip hop is you know just used for entertainment, it’ll just be another trend that comes and goes. Hip Hop will only stay and be a revolution in India if the common people start…
Live at PORT interviews
Shaan Chhadva: Piano Boy – INTERVIEW
“People don’t take me seriously – but once they listen to my music, they forget about everything else.” Early one morning, while bird watching with his father, 16-year-old Shaan Chhadva decided that his ‘musician name’ was SCayos. This clarity of…
Aditi Ramesh Ensemble: Family Band – INTERVIEW
As a person, I’m very soft spoken, I don’t like attention, don’t like people looking at me on the street. I’m very low key. I literally walk with my head down, I don’t like to be loud. But when I…
Ankur ‘Enkore’ Johar: Once more – INTERVIEW
“I have an inherent distrust of Bollywood…they will put money in what will make money and hip-hop is by nature not a capitalist scene – it’s about community, not about one company making money.” The first question on Ankur’s lips…
Pooja Sivaraman: Bared Soul – INTERVIEW
“I’ve always been very open about everything, but in a very self-deprecating and comedic way. And I don’t think that was as cathartic as the understanding I have of it now is.” When Pooja walks onto a stage, into a…
Gouri and Aksha: Melody Sisters – INTERVIEW
“All our songs have a bit of both of us in them. They’re slightly mine and also slightly hers which makes them completely new.” BookMyShow’s mega musical Aladdin yielded more than dancing stars, magic carpets and Indianised genies. It also…
Ramya Pothuri: Dreamy Pop – INTERVIEW
“People call me ‘unoffensive’. They say I don’t piss people off and I always say the right thing. But I do say what I mean in my head…and with my music.” Young singer-songwriter Ramya Pothuri has spent the day in…
Blue Reverie: Escaping Escapism – INTERVIEW
“Songs we wrote years ago fit into a recent discovery of ours – that the escape is within and the only way out is the only way in.” Pratyush Pillai [vocals and guitar], Jackson John [guitar], Saahas Saritha Bala [sound]…
Aarifah Rebello: Only Slightly Awkward – INTERVIEW
“The most honest song I’ve written about myself is one about me being in denial. I’ve used metaphors about pain and drugs. I think it’s the most honest I’ve ever been.” Self-taught musician and singer-songwriter Aarifah Rebello’s first performance was…
Kanika Patawari: The New Normal – INTERVIEW
“Women are slightly afraid to be in a male dominated music production space. It’s more common to see women being a singer or artist – because it’s just not desirable to be behind the scenes.” Tall and poised, Kanika settles…
EveryNowHere: Natural Nomad – INTERVIEW
“Extensive travel tends to remove cultural idiosyncrasies, aspects which a lot of us tend to identify as an essential part of our being – which I’ve come to discover as non-essential for myself.” Calm, unassuming and carrying his repertoire of…
Ladies Compartment: Not a Girl Band – INTERVIEW
“Our jam sessions are often interrupted by discussions about so many different things because we get excited and carried away. This is also demonstrative of the fun we have when we get together to jam.” With fashion styles as contrasting…