In the wake of the COVID pandemic, Instagram influencers are approaching new methods to keep up their engagement sand stay connected to their fans. Musicians have come out on top of this list by conducting online concerts and have remained determined to connect with fans through live music.
Below, Greenroom has compiled a running list of Indian musicians and some bands on Instagram whose performances you can watch online.
Mahesh Raghvan
Mahesh Raghvan is a Carnatic Music fusion artist, known for his experiments with Classical Music. He has been trained in Carnatic Vocal Music and keyboard for more than 15 years. He experiments with Carnatic Music on the iPad with the app Geoshred. He is also the Creative Director of Indian Raga, a US Based organization that promotes classical arts.
A post shared by Mahesh Raghvan (@followingmahesh) on Jun 7, 2020 at 9:27am PDT
Arunaja
The Kerala-born Arunaja at the recent Dabaki Rising. The singer’s debut track ‘Broken’ already has over 1.5 million views on YouTube alone. Arunaja has been delighting her audience with her incredible music.
A post shared by 𝗔𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗝𝗔 (@arunaja93) on Mar 13, 2020 at 8:16am PDT
Blottin
The music producer and DJ has not been silent even though clubs have been shut during this lockdown.
A post shared by Gaurav Malaker / BLOT! (@blottin) on Jun 3, 2020 at 4:39am PDT
Anushka
Anushka has been famous for a while with the Indian mainstream audience from her early days in VIVA, the music band. With the revival of their hit, Jaago Zara, Anushka and the band have upped their music content during this lockdown.
A post shared by Anushka Manchanda / NUKA (@anushkadisco) on May 2, 2020 at 2:45am PDT
Lisa Mishra
The musician has a very well-curated feed full of simple musical videos. Her frequency of posting these videos has kept her audience constantly engaged.
A post shared by Lisa Mishra (@lisamishramusic) on Jun 6, 2020 at 11:01pm PDT
Shravan Sridhar
A Chennai-based violinist, Shravan Sridhar conveys a wide range of emotions and feelings through his amazing cover versions of some of the most brilliant Indian and other global compositions. A YouTube sensation with more than 3Lakh views a social fan following of over 13K, He works with out-of-the-box musicians to produce amalgamations of various global genres of music.
A post shared by Shravan Sridhar (@shravansridhar) on Jun 10, 2020 at 3:58am PDT
Infact, Mahesh Raghvan and Shravan’s band Carnatic 2.0 has a virtual live concert coming up this weekend.
Warren Mendonsa
With Mumbai blues-rockers Blackstratblues staying inside due to the pandemic, guitarist Warren Mendonsa has instead upped his Instagram’s IGTV content over the last couple of months with his series Living Room Jams.
Vidya Vox
The fusion artist has had nothing stopping her from releasing music even during the lockdown.
A post shared by Vidya Iyer (@vidyavox) on May 12, 2020 at 10:13pm PDT
Shirley Setia
A post shared by Shirley (@shirleysetia) on Nov 22, 2019 at 4:18am PST
Ambi & Bindu Subramaniam
The duo has some very interesting range of music under their band – The Thayir Sadham Project.
A post shared by The Thayir Sadam Project (@thethayirsadamproject) on May 23, 2020 at 7:08am PDT
Instagram has numerous influencers to follow – right from fitness to food, and even photography, fashion, home decor, beauty and fitness influencers.
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