How Mumbai’s music lovers are uniting to enjoy and discuss melodies

Updated On: 19 August, 2023 09:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto

Listening sessions are experiencing a surge in popularity. While they have emerged in various waves over the past decade, today, more individuals are uniting than ever before. Midday.com engages with Mumbaikars who are enthusiastically hosting, orchestrating, and relishing every aspect of these sessions

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Listening sessions are typically gatherings where music lovers come together to listen to a musician and discuss their life and work. Photo Courtesy: The Revolver Club

When Shirin Mehrotra attended her first listening session in Mumbai in 2018, it was unlike anything she had attended till then. “I loved the newness of it; just the idea of people coming together and listening to something like music, and sharing information about it is really great,” shares the former Mumbaikar, who now calls Delhi her home. While she hasn’t been able to attend any since then, she has a vivid memory of the first and only session that she attended like it was yesterday.

At the time, she attended one conducted by Romel Dias, another Mumbaikar who hosted Listening sessions in the city, but now does it in Bengaluru. “People would come together to listen and watch music videos and then talk about the history of the video itself and also the artists in them. I clearly remember one where we watched videos of Begum Akhtar’s performances and then spoke about her life,” shares the food writer, who loves exploring different types of English and Hindi music.

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