After Zakir Hussain, a quieter ‘taal’ |
Music has a way of absorbing departures, even of its most beloved custodians. Concert calendars fill up, other talented artistes come forward, and the world settles to a new rhythm. Loss is acknowledged, then folded into continuity. Yet the past year, marked by the absence of tabla giant Ustad Zakir Hussain, has shown that there are exceptions to this rule. A year after his sudden demise at 73, the limits of........