With a few days off from Indus Creed, frontman Uday Benegal and guitarist Mahesh Tinaikar have jumped into the studio with their Whirling Kalapas bandmate Sankarshan Kini to record the first-ever Whirling Kalapas EP.

In a first for the Indian live scene, organizers of the upcoming series of Norah Jones concerts have added an additional date to the Delhi leg of the tour. The reason? Demand for tickets has far outstripped the seating capacity of the venue, Siri Fort Auditorium. It would seem that Norah Jones has an impressive fanbase tucked away in our capital city.

Bangalore 7 February, Thursday: All The Fat Children + Crockchets @ Hard Rock Café 14 February, Thursday: RLA @ Hard Rock Café 16 February, Saturday: Fly Music Festival feat. Ray Manzarek & Robbie Krieger of The Doors, KT Tunstall, The Dhol Foundation and Deap Valley @ Bhartiya City

Indian tabla legend Zakir Hussain is set to perform in Mumbai with Grammy-winning banjo player Béla Fleck and world-renowned bass player Edgar Meyer as part of their project Melody of Rhythm, a three movement jazz-influenced triple concerto for banjo, double bass and tabla.

The line-up of the third edition of the Lively Up Your Earth Festival has been announced.

The line-up of the Kasauli Rhythm and Blues Festival has been announced. The festival will span two days starting on March 29th. The second edition of this festival will feature performances by artists including The Raghu Dixit Project and Advaita. Below follows the complete festival line-up.

Top gigs in India this week.

There are few things more rock ‘n’ roll than the roar of motorbike engines coupled with the raw energy of the world’s finest guitars. This weekend – February 2 and 3 - Gibson Guitar India heads to Goa for India Bike Week, India’s first-ever festival dedicated to motorcycles and the country’s biking community.

The long awaited and much delayed debut album of singer-songwriter Nikhil D'souza is finally set for release. After intermittent sessions with a host of session musicians over the last two years, the album titled Little Green Man is finally ready. The album took the time it did because both D’souza and producer/guitarist Warren Mendonsa (Blackstratblues) had to struggle to find time in their busy schedules to get in the studio to work on the album.

In a significant departure from his more organic work with eclectic indie act Peter Cat Recording Co, singer/guitarist Suryakant Sawhney has just released his debut solo album - an ambient electronica project under the name Lifafa.