Drawn to an instrument that sounded exotic to him, he became one of the most prominent classical musicians in India. By Giovanni Russonello Kadri Gopalnath was a youngster growing up in a village in ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Kinsmen blends South Asian music with American jazz. The jazz saxophonist says his inspiration to explore Indian music on the saxophone came from a CD his brother gave him as a ...

Kadri Gopalnath, the celebrated saxophone wizard, passed away on Friday morning at a hospital in Mangalore, Karnataka. The 69-year-old musician was considered a pioneer of Carnatic music on the ...