Maed in India

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When you take the red pill and end up in a place where you reveal all your deepest darkest secrets. 

So as you can tell this month is a special one, because it’s the month…

It’s not been an easy couple of months and all of us at Maed in India don’t want you to miss out on the awesome music coming out of this country. Our lockdown mixtape is called ‘Pani Puri’ because it…

A band from Pune called Triple Shuffle have created a new sub-genre. We call it ‘emo blues’. Super emo, super blues. On this episode, they chat to Mae about how blues is a colour, moving from being a…

The whole month of March has been taken over by women and our mixtape is no exception. We’ve got music by women from all over the country that talk of protest, nostalgia, grief, losing confidence, fa…

It’s all about ladies on Maed in India this month, and adding to the feminine spirit, we have blues soul singer Kanchan Daniel on the show. With a voice that’ll give you chills, she sings with pathos…

Continuing to Run The World, we have soul-pop singer-songwriter Karshni taking over Maed in India. With a voice that squashes your heart and lyrics that bond to your soul, Karshni plays her tunes and…

Continuing on with our Maed Month of Madams, we have pop RnB duo Saltwater this week playing some of their tunes and talking about what makes them cry, coming from musical families, long commutes in …

Welcome to a very special month of Maed 2020. For the next five weeks, it’s about ladies ladies and more ladies. First up, we have Hindustani classical singer and rapper Mahima Dayal Mathur aka Bawar…

For our second mixtape of the year, we bring you ‘Revolutions’ - a playlist of songs from the Indian independent music scene that highlights the voices of protest and their messages. Whether it’s abo…

This week, we’ve got someone Mae likes to call the Jamiroquai of India. We’re talking about RnB, funk, soul singer, Azamaan Hoyvoy. In this episode, he performs his debut EP that released last year c…

Hip-hop rap duo from New Delhi, Seedhe Maut, are dropping some killer (get it, "straight death?") raps on the show this week. Signed to Azadi Records, the two gents talk to Mae about dropping out of …

“Ngo si hariang nyoku gahar kun

Hugulo so chingma

Ngam nyi malang kade kade do

Alle bo ejee ngo geyma”

This is the first verse of the song ‘Hugulo’ by folk singer-songwriter Taba Chake from Arunachal…

Resolution #202: Listen to more Maed in India episodes.

Welcome to our first mixtape of the year! It’s January, of course, and nothing marks this month better than making, breaking or trying to keep …

We have alternative rock band from Bangalore, Parvaaz, making their second appearance on Maed in India. They perform some of the songs from their latest album, Kun, which sound refreshingly different…

WE ARE CELEBRATING EPISODE 200 on Maed in India. And who else to invite to the party than indie pop singer-songwriter Nikhil D’Souza! Listen to him perform an exquisite and emotional set on the show …

Someone thought it was a good idea to turn the interviewer into the interviewee. On this special episode, we have Jishnu ‘Short Round’ Guha, indie folk singer-songwriter and videographer for Maed in …

Every year, picking our favourite performances on Maed in India is difficult but it’s a great exercise as we get to walk down memory lane and realise we had some of the best musicians on the show per…

Here’s a band that are giving you a bit of everything - jazz pop, neo soul and even some prog rock. Hailing from Ahmedabad, we have Heat Sink out with a new EP this year called Euphony. We talk about…

On this episode, we have permaculture expert and singer-songwriter Aditi Veena aka Ditty. She grew up stuffing bugs in her nose, learning Kathak, art, tennis, swimming and French. While she plays us …

Known as The Humma Girl, we have a classically-trained artist, who made her name as a playback singer, and now she’s making her own new music - we’re talking about pop soul Shashaa Tirupati. Born a C…