“It’s an honour to have collaborated with artists like David Joseph, drummer of the Benny Dayal-fronted band Funktuation, and Hanish Taneja, who has mixed and mastered tracks for famous independent artists like Divine and Naezy!” Aditya Anand tells us in his opening call. Anand, who…
What did Sheryl Crow, Andrea Bocelli, Leonard Cohen, Susan Boyle and Scatman John have in common? Unlike their contemporaries, they all got their big breaks late in life. In fact, the late Scatman John (John Paul Larkin) had been a prolific jazz pianist for decades…
It’s been a while since we, at Flipsyde, have had that ‘instrumental experience’ in musical performance and Khushi Lovekar’s two remarkable singles, Nepenthe and Hiraeth, have hit the right spots in more ways than one. Today we sit down with the recent graduate from LASALLE…
Experience Rahul Dalal perform solo with his backing tracks and Guitar for the first time since the lockdown. Join us for this exciting live show, featuring Hindi Bollywood songs ranging from 50s melodies to the recent hit mashups with Rahul Dalal and his virtual band…
Just five minutes into my conversation with actor-singer-songwriter Alexx ONell, and I know this is going to be a masterclass of sorts... one with a bizarre title. Something along the lines of ‘Why I’m Ecstatic My Album Never Released, and Why It Never Will’. Yes,…
You may remember Rhapsody Out Loud (ROL) from India’s Got Talent a few years ago. If not, here’s a refresher. It’s rare that one sees a glorious mix of talents, instruments, languages and influences. In that sense, ROL’s music spans several genres. 17 to be…
Saaranya's latest single I Purple You is all kinds of sweet. The 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Mumbai calls it an acoustic love song to make you feel loved. That it is, for sure. The song is just two things - simple fingerpicking and a silvery voice to…
On one end of the spectrum, he plays guitar for the Mumbai-based post-grunge band Hook and, on the other, for the Hindi prog-fusion act Paradigm Shift. Somewhere in the middle he has worked on ad films for Royal Enfield, HDFC Bank and PhonePe and as…
Come fall in love with Abracadabra; A beautiful, soulful single by Argentinian singer, writer and painter Cheyca Parker and our very own guitarist-composer Abheek. Flipsyde has had the distinct pleasure of interviewing two spirited and versatile musicians from two distinct cultures, located far away from…
“There’s a reason I’ve put a car on the cover! This album is meant to be enjoyed on a long drive.” Quips Shezan Shaikh, or rather his alter-ego Ronin. So that’s exactly what I did. I plugged in my earphones and rode around the wide-empty…