maahaul - creating an atmosphere for music

maahaul's next concert

nikhil — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:38:45 +0000

maahaul is proud to announce our next concert, featuring anupana bhagwat (an amazing sitariya from ohio) and samar saha (two of our artists' guruji). it should be a spectacular night at the international house, come check it out!

more info...

kishan maharaj passes away

nikhil — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:39:12 +0000

pandit kishan maharaj, an amazing performer and guru of the benaras tabla gharana, passed away on may 4th. he will surely be missed. here are some excerpts from news media regarding his passing:

"Tabla maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj, who set the standard of Hindustani music after a public performance when he was only 11, died on Sunday night.

An outstanding tabla player... He was trained by his father Pandit Hari Maharaj and his guru and uncle, Pandit Kanthe Maharaj, one of the grand old masters of tabla.

read more

our new web site!

nikhil — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:22:11 +0000

check out our new web site! we haven't changed a whole lot as far as content, but we set up our web site using a new content management system that'll allow us to start doing some new and cool things. we'll keep you posted!

audio samples

nikhil — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:59:06 +0000

along with the upcoming concert listings, we just added links to audio samples of the artists featured for the concerts when they’ve available. we’ll try to make that a regular feature so you can get a sense of what the artists sound like while you’re reading about the concerts. check out the upcoming events page for links to audio samples of nishat khan, nitin mitta, sanjeev abhyankar, ranu majumdar, and n. ravikiran.

midnight concert with nishat khan

nikhil — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:25:34 +0000

in case you guys didn’t catch the minor details, let me break it down for you:

nishat khan
chicago cultural center
may 11
11 pm – 4 am

video clips from march bhajan and ghazal concert

nikhil — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:27:47 +0000

gaurav just posted some video clips from the evening of bhajans and ghazals we organized in march. check them out on you tube, and be sure to at least snag a look at the following clips.

maahaul's next concert

nikhil — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:04:43 +0000

we’re insanely pleased to announce our next set of concerts. we’ll be bringing in a good friend, and amazing sitariya neeraj prem from toronto for two concerts. one on the evening of saturday, april 28th, at a home in naperville, and another the following afternoon, sunday, april 29th at the jane addams hull-house museum on the uic campus. this is scheduled to be the closing concert for kriti, a weekend-long south asian literary conference happening at uic and roosevelt university that weekend.

debashish bhattacharya wins bbc award for world music

nikhil — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:31:24 +0000

the bbc has awards they give each year for outstanding album recordings from various parts of the world. they give one awards per continent, in addition to awards for best newcomer, culture-crossing and alike that are a toss-up for the entire world. that’s a ton of music, so i’d imagine competition is pretty tight… nonetheless, this year, debashish bhattacharya won best album in asia/pacific.

read more

we're on myspace

nikhil — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:33:34 +0000

just cause the music is several thousand years old, doesn’t mean we can’t keep up with today’s trends. check out the maahaul myspace page. we’ll keep that page as up to date as this web site, so add us as a friend if you’re on there, and stay in touch!

bismillah khan passes away

nikhil — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:35:05 +0000

on the morning of august 21st, one of our days greatest shehnai masters bismillah khan passed away. here are some excerpts from news media articles and obituaries in the few days following ustadji’s passing:

read more