A typical Bengaluru concert on a weekend is usually filled with jarring guitar riffs and heady drums, turntable-driven EDM or even a mellow acoustic set. Music lovers got to experience a different ...

Six months into the year, Daniel Waples, a busker from North London, has already spent two months in India as against three weeks in the UK."For the last two years I've spent more time in India than ...

A pioneer of handpan music, Daniel travels the world as a street artiste, promoting the unique instrument. Although his experienced fingers have awed many with their mastery over rhythms and scales, ...

Montry Manuel tells the story behind Thaalavattam, an art project, creating music instruments from waste materials, and collaborating with Daniel Waples and his handpan Montry Manuel tells the story ...

Q. Tell us about your gig with percussionist Daniel Waples. A. It will be a mix of Electronic and organic music. I am going to play instruments made of recycled objects, whereas Daniel will be playing ...

Have you heard of the handpan? It’s a percussion musical instrument that originated about a decade and a half ago and looks a bit like a UFO. It’s a cross between a Caribbean Steel Pan and the Indian ...