The last of the titans of Hindustani classical music, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was a rare genius who could transcend the mundane and transport his audience to the sublime with his gifted voice that ...

Bhimsen Joshi, who has died aged 88, was the foremost classical vocalist in the Hindustani tradition. A master of nuance, with great technical expertise in the manipulation of intricate note and ...

Legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, who enthralled generations of connoisseurs with his renditions of Hindustani classical music, passed away at a city hospital today after a prolonged illness.

Bhimsen Joshi is the first Hindustani classical vocalist to bag the Bharat Ratna. And he is the most deserving awardee too. Bhimsen Joshi is truly a singer with a pan-Indian appeal. One rarely comes ...

“An artist of the stature of Bhimsen Joshi is born only once in a few centuries,’’ Pandit Ganapati Bhat Hasanagi said in Belagavi on Sunday. “His craft was unmatched. His dedication to art and his ...

In 2009, Mohan Nadkarni, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's biographer, wrote exclusively for rediff.com recalling his long association with the legend. We re-publish the feature. It is rare that a biography of ...

The birth centenary year of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi is a reminder of a life lived with and for music. Woven into the story of an ordinary young boy, who emerged as an extraordinary musician of the 20th ...

On the 89th birth anniversary of legend Bhimsen Joshi, eminent singers will take to the stage and will pay a musical tribute to the classical guru. On the 89th birth anniversary of legend Bhimsen ...

The sad demise of Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi was the end of an illustrious era of Hindustani vocal music. To pay him a tribute on behalf of Thaneites, Sangharsh organised 'Adaranjali', a musical ...

>> A member of the Kirana Gharana, he was renowned for the 'khayal' form of singing, as well as for his bhajans and abhangs. >> He was born in the town of Ron, which was then in Gadag, Karnataka. He ...

So who can be described as the voice of India? Arguably it would have to be Lata Mangeshkar and M.S. Subbulakshmi. At least 70 percent Indians would have loved their voice and their singing. In the ...

It is not often that one can describe somebody as the greatest in their field. In the case of the Indian classical vocalist Bhimsen Joshi that accolade really did apply. Renowned for his music's ...