<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Savaal Magazine]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are the voice of the Artists in the Indian Music Scene.]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/articles</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:54:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.savaalmagazine.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Suraj Rajan’s “Kho Sa Gaya” Finds the Heartbreak in the Everyday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long before Suraj Rajan was working behind mixing consoles, he was a seven-year-old being encouraged by his father to sing on local stages. His setlist back then was simple: songs from Roja and Bombay, carrying A. R. Rahman’s melodies across small community halls. At thirteen, discovering John Lennon and Paul McCartney changed how he listened to music. He began paying attention to the people writing the songs, not just singing them. By twenty, he had written his first original track, “Your...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/suraj-rajan-s-kho-sa-gaya-finds-the-heartbreak-in-the-everyday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac8ab1675cf17ffe4e1d136</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:01:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_31146db696294a908d195f0ca574b136~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prashanth Venkat Made “Breath” in Two Days. The Obsession Took Longer.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prashanth Venkat knows what it’s like to be behind the music. As a producer, songwriter, music supervisor and programmer, he has spent years helping build other people’s sounds, including work alongside A. R. Rahman across films like The Goat Life, Ponniyin Selvan, Amar Singh Chamkila, Raayan and Thug Life. “Breath” is different. This time, Venkat put himself in the middle of it. He started with the mridangam at eight. Guitar followed at ten. Production came later, and eventually his work...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/prashanth-venkat-made-breath-in-two-days-the-obsession-took-longer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6abba896f2b4e2cbf8e784bb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:10:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_a2a644533f3b4faf9929628826ad520f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Long Road to Sid Seth’s “Precious Gift”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sid Seth didn’t exactly choose music. He kept finding his way back to it. Born in Ahmedabad and now splitting his time between Ahmedabad and New York, Seth went on to study at the Manhattan School of Music, eventually finding his footing as a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical world stretches from John Mayer and George Michael to Adele, Sam Smith and Amy Winehouse, but the connection between them is pretty simple: he likes music that feels real. The kind where you can...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/the-long-road-to-sid-seth-s-precious-gift</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab6b8a00f6358bffa06e607</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:19:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_2e1886f30812415ca3cf31b11b94c18d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millennio’s “Sunroof” Is Manifestation With the Windows Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millennio wants things. Not in the usual rap song, let me show you what I have kind of way. More in the write it down, say it out loud, maybe the universe will listen kind of way. His latest release, “Sunroof”, is built around that mindset. Released on September 4, the Hip-Hop and R&#38;B track was written as a summer song, but instead of filling it with the usual flexing, Millennio turned it into what he calls his “manifestation memoir”. Before he was putting all of that on a track, he was...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/millennio-s-sunroof-is-manifestation-with-the-windows-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aabdddd640ae8b1871452e6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_e7a5a4f1671c4406a5fde69fb6dbbea9~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brijesh Sarin’s End Of Teenage: Seven Years of Memories, Music and Growing Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some albums are made from a single idea. Others take years to figure out what they want to become. Brijesh Sarin’s End Of Teenage belongs firmly to the second category. Released on June 24, 2026, the Ahmedabad-based singer-songwriter’s Pop-Rock album looks back at the phases, experiences and emotional chaos that come with being a teenager. But this isn’t simply nostalgia packaged into songs. It is Brijesh taking a long look at who he was, what he experienced, and how those years shaped the...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/brijesh-sarin-s-bachpan-and-the-long-road-to-end-of-teenage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa389756b6b040961d7df09</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:13:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_825a8f9658824b51b39a33fbf3c6bedf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dil, Barish, Aur Hum: A Little Rain, A Little Romance, and a Record Finding Its Shape]]></title><description><![CDATA[Avra Banerjee's Dil, Barish, Aur Hum is an EP with a slightly unusual problem: it knows what it wants to sound like, but it also sounds like it is still figuring that out. The five-track release moves through folk, contemporary pop, Indian melodic ideas and touches of world music, taking in mountains, romance, rain, separation and dreams along the way. Avra originally imagined a more strongly classical-fusion record, but the compositions gradually pulled him towards pop, particularly “Dil Ka...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/dil-barish-aur-hum-a-little-rain-a-little-romance-and-a-record-finding-its-shape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9a63d2e12fa7bad8b57eea</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:46:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_82abc4228c3c4043bad718dee384361d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sudu Shan Found His Way Back to His Roots With Culture Vulture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sudu Shan didn't exactly plan on becoming a musician. He wanted to be a video game designer. Then school happened, a few teachers pushed him towards the mridangam, and somewhere between learning rhythm and getting obsessed with Western hip-hop, music became the thing he couldn't leave alone. The Chennai-born 23-year-old started making music around 2018, began releasing officially in 2025, and has since found his way into experimental hip-hop, pulling from jazz, rock, soul, EDM and house...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/sudu-shan-found-his-way-back-to-his-roots-with-culture-vulture</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8827e3e7e88d62b2eef83a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:31:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_c95818cac9914e8fbfefdc8fd559342c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motherjane Are Doing It All Over Again With Dobāreh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Motherjane are back. And after everything that happened between Maktub in 2008 and Dobāreh in 2026, “back” feels like a bit of an understatement. The Kochi band helped define a certain era of Indian rock with their mix of progressive rock, Carnatic influences and ambitious songwriting, building a reputation that has lasted well beyond their last full-length album. Now Suraj Mani, Baiju Dharmajan and Deepu Sasidharan are back together, joined by Alan Santosh on bass and Alloy Francis on drums,...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/motherjane-are-doing-it-all-over-again-with-dob%C4%81reh</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8820be566689c28ad8d1f8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:01:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_a938b5bf94df47d486cfeabfcd2d7885~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ady Manral Takes Us to the Hills with Sketches from the Top of the Hills]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've ever wondered what kind of music comes out of a place like Landour, Ady Manral might have an answer. The 40-year-old singer-songwriter has been living in the hill town since 2009, writing in both Hindi and English and turning pieces of life in the Himalayas into songs. Born in Dehradun, Ady released his debut EP Lean on Love in 2018 and has followed it with a series of singles while continuing to figure out exactly where his music belongs. For now, he calls it “Indie Mountain Folk”,...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/ady-manral-takes-us-to-the-hills-with-sketches-from-the-top-of-the-hills</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a881dc7d26ca05ca3dd69a3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_c3894be03dfe445da665a86287eb6231~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Akash Vaigyanik Turns a Phantom Limb Into a Song About Love, Memory and Being Stuck]]></title><description><![CDATA[A love that has ended should, in theory, leave with the person. But sometimes the body doesn't get the memo. For Delhi-based independent artist Akash Vaigyanik, that strange disconnect became the starting point for My Phantom Arm, a song that borrows from Phantom Arm Syndrome, where someone who has lost a limb can still feel its presence, and turns it into a metaphor for a love that is long gone but somehow refuses to disappear. That slightly surreal approach makes more sense once you know...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/akash-vaigyanik-turns-a-phantom-limb-into-a-song-about-love-memory-and-being-stuck</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a881580e7e88d62b2eed2dd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_07cb7837a3b84e618b07cf7ae5797e8c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Melody Calls the Shots: How Avra Banerjee Followed the Music to ‘Dil, Barish, Aur Hum]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sarod player, composer and music producer walks into contemporary pop. It sounds like the beginning of an unlikely genre experiment, but for Avra Banerjee, it is simply where his music has taken him. With a foundation in Indian classical music and years spent exploring fusion, world music and contemporary sounds, Avra has never really treated genres as walls. His latest EP, Dil, Barish, Aur Hum, is the result of that instinct, bringing together five songs that found their identity along the...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/when-the-melody-calls-the-shots-how-avra-banerjee-followed-the-music-to-dil-barish-aur-hum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a85a39b814189c216c4ffde</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:42:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_b28d13d6abd4430bace6db39a5bef95b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rolling the Dice on Pop: How Noush! Is Turning Every Release Into Its Own Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[It starts with a board game. Then somehow you're in the middle of a Latin pop anthem, a telenovela, and an unexpectedly honest conversation about relationships. That's Noush! for you. The Mumbai-based producer, songwriter, performer, and creative director has never been interested in taking the obvious route. Her latest single, Snakes and Ladders, transforms a childhood classic into a vibrant meditation on responsibility, wrapped in infectious grooves, cinematic storytelling, and the kind of...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/rolling-the-dice-on-pop-how-noush-is-turning-every-release-into-its-own-universe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5203d1447b864971899c8c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:10:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_6a233378343c4fbea4ecfaf179cfc522~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cryosis Isn't Chasing Fame. 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Growing up, Reble was the self-proclaimed weird kid in the corner who hated routine and could not stand authority figures telling her what to do. Her very first brush with melody came at age five when she heard a random tune on a telephone line and became completely...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/the-blueprint-of-a-strike-reble-traded-civil-engineering-for-the-lethal-flow-of-praying-mantis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0838ff90efca42974f51a7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 09:54:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_6cc39383aafc4876a519fe2e063d5da1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Quiet Art Of Pausing: Amitabh Sen On The Restless Soul Of ‘Bawarey’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people move from Delhi to Bangalore to find a new kind of rhythm, but for Amitabh Sen, the transition only highlighted a universal sense of restlessness. After spending years navigating the high pressure environments of two of India’s most frantic hubs, Amitabh began to notice a common thread in the people around him: a constant, humming anxiety to achieve more while feeling less. This observation became the catalyst for his latest release. Bawarey is not just another indie pop track; it...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/the-quiet-art-of-pausing-amitabh-sen-on-the-restless-soul-of-bawarey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e89c918b2f11ff8e5baee2</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:12:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_87e0b4bf2a3e4c42bde210b47e7dfcfb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting the Mini-Me: Sachin Warrier on the Cosmic Coincidences Behind ‘Athidooram’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people see an engineering degree as a final destination, but for Sachin Warrier, it was just a very long and necessary detour. Imagine a teenager in Malappuram sitting in front of a clunky computer, messing around with free music software just to see how sounds are actually built. That specific spark of curiosity stayed alive even as he walked the halls of an engineering college, eventually leading him to a "why not?" movie audition that changed his entire trajectory. That single whim...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/meeting-the-mini-me-sachin-warrier-on-the-cosmic-coincidences-behind-athidooram</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e3a238a96d49e56ec022ff</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:32:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_9a51b24b7f214d49b69866b0c5bbd268~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Metronome, No Problem: Rohan Saha On His 4x4 Bedroom Studio and the Raw Soul of ‘Chalna Hai Tere Siwa’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine a 4x4 bedroom in Kolkata, a laptop, and a painter’s brush. That is the entire world of Rohan Saha , an artist who decided that being "perfect" was getting in the way of being good. After cutting his teeth in the professional scene since 2018, Rohan hit a wall with computerized R&#38;B beats and decided to tear the whole thing down. He traded the plastic sounds of pop for the grit of alternative rock, finally exhaling with his latest release, Chalna Hai Tere Siwa . 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His newest release, En Kadhalum, leans into the quiet devastation of unrequited love, the slow realization that the person you cannot stop thinking about has already chosen someone else. What follows is...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/burritos-berklee-and-better-choices-why-shankara-srikantan-traded-management-consulting-for-the-s</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd25e9c31b00fb85143e9a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:34:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_4ffff7a4305046f8979b45a6dfa2c38f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Essence Of Peace: Kishore Lyatha On Evolution, Late Night Jams, And “O Sanam”]]></title><description><![CDATA[While most of the world is hitting the snooze button at seven in the morning, Hyderabad based powerhouse Kishore Lyatha  is already knee deep in his riyaz. For Kishore, music isn't just a hobby; it is a high stakes discipline that began on live stages when he was just fifteen years old. Fast forward through sixteen years of hustle, and he has officially traded the loud stage lights for the intimate, late night sanctuary of his studio. 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The Mumbai-based powerhouse recently dropped the official video for her latest single, “Aa Bhi Jaa,” and it is a masterclass in blending a youthful, “Forever 16” energy with deep classical roots. For Sanchita, the journey hasn’t been about chasing trends, but about finding that “inner rhythm” which turns a simple walk...]]></description><link>https://www.savaalmagazine.com/post/london-nostalgia-classical-soul-sanchita-pandey-on-the-forever-16-magic-of-aa-bhi-jaa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bfed71be334c87583e101b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9926ab_2ae95f8a35b7405ca1a10c929daa1040~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Savaalmagazine</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>