Hampi – Tom Vater

Documenting music for The British Library – The musical pillars of a medieval Indian temple

November 30, 2021tom

In the 1990s and 2000s, I recorded & documented disappearing musical traditions from South and Southeast Asia for The British Library. British Library Audio Project Cataloguer Jim Hickson has written a wonderful article about one of my recordings from India – music performed not only in a temple, but also on a temple. The Shri […]

From the Archives: Hampi: Ruins Forgotten in Time

March 18, 2012April 22, 2012tomLeave a Comment

Gone are the days when these kind of stories could finance a trip across India. This particular story Hampi: Ruins Forgotten in Time appeared in Lifestyle + Travel in a special segment on India in around 2005 and was republished several more times in travel magazines across Asia. Here is the entire pdf, also featuring […]