Ranidu combines traditional South Asian rhythms with dance music on "Baila Bounce." By Zel McCarthy Every few years American dance floors are infused with a little South Asian influence when an artist ...

‘Lanka Lanka’, a tribute show to remember the 98th birth anniversary of ‘founder and pioneer of Sri Lankan music’ Sunil Santha will be held on October 5 at 6 pm at Musaeus College Auditorium. Sunil ...

One thing Sri Lankan pop duo Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush Weeraman have realised in their 25 years of staying active as musicians is that the only constant is change. Also known as BNS, the music duo ...

Two young Sri Lankan Tamil musicians are now set to make a mark as music composers in Kollywood. Aaryan Dinesh and Charles Bosco. They are being introduced by NIC Arts S.S Chakravarthy in his upcoming ...

Legendary Sri Lankan singer and composer Pandit Amaradeva, recipient of many international honours including India’s Padma Shri award, for his contribution to music, died on Thursday following a heart ...

Sri Lankan folk music is rhythmic, layered and lilting. It combines the beat of the drum with the chink of tiny cymbals, and the call of the flute with the crescendo of a strong pair of lungs. This ...

First time in Sri Lanka we can see that a Sri Lankan singer performing in India and as we know the Indian music industry is one of the largest in the world, Youhani has created history in Sri Lanka.

Over the past few weeks, Sunday Sounds has been exploring the ways in which the South Asian musical diaspora has made sense of its immigrant experience. We continue in that vein this week by talking ...

Three leading singers Amarasiri Peiris, Deepika, and Sunil Edirisinghe, along with a team of four musicians, who have given several performances in the past in the UAE, said, they look forward to ...

Two people—a newspaper cameraman, Lanka Jayasundera, and Dilani Maheshika, a hotel receptionist—were killed in Colombo last Saturday when a grenade was lobbed into a packed audience at “Temptation ...