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, 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

If one were to make a documentary on Hindustani music maestro Bhimsen Joshi, where would one begin? In his 1992 Films Division documentary on Joshi, Gulzar begins by asking Joshi’s wife if he is fussy ...

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 ...

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 ...