Nh7 Weekender

India now has a legit music festival scene, but events' programming must be as innovative as packaging

According to industry estimates, almost 25 music festivals are held in India, which is not bad for a country which has witnessed festivals for only a decade

Music industry in numbers: From chart toppers to indie breakthroughs, here is how 2018 panned out

As 2018 comes to an end, here are some figures related to the Indian music business, the independent scene and the charts.

London punk-jazz quintet WorldService Project on their influences, obsession with clowns, and second India tour

British punk-jazz group WorldService Project open up about how their name came about, the first records they ever bought and assimilating the influences of the band members.

God Is an Astronaut on latest album Epitaph and their debut concert in India at NH7 Weekender

God Is an Astronaut frontman Torsten Kinsella opens up about their new album and the creative process behind it.

Shubha Mudgal on OML's #MeToo row, NH7 Weekender concert: 'What is needed is a clean-up, not a closing down'

Shubha Mudgal asks, 'Would a closure of the company or companies like OML, or a complete closedown of events like NH7 Weekender be the solution to the almost all-pervasive problem of women being exploited in workplaces?'

OML's response to sexual harassment allegations undermines women's trauma, insults #MeToo movement at large

The silence from the music and entertainment industry, barring Azadi Records and Disco Puppet recently, on The Caravan magazine article about OML and Vijay Nair has been eerily deafening, writes Tanushree Singh

VH1 Supersonic: Flash sales, and what they tell us of how music festivals are perceived in India

Flash sales for tickets to music festivals such as VH1 Supersonic, months before the line-up is even announced, is a little like buying a ticket to a holiday without knowing the specifics of the itinerary

Bacardi House Party Sessions aims to provide a platform for young and upcoming musicians

Bacardi says its newest role is to be an “enabler and discoverer of new music talent in the country” with their platform, The Bacardi House Party Sessions (BHPS).

Music festivals in India, and globally, feature too few female musicians: Can the gender gap be fixed?

There’s no denying that female musicians are underrepresented across the board around the globe — at festivals, on the charts, on streaming platforms and even in the studio as producers

The business of music: What it takes to bring international rock bands to India, and why Radiohead may never visit

Examining why pop music sensations like Ed Sheeran are more likely to perform in India, rather than rock acts like Radiohead, Tame Impala and Arctic Monkeys