The sitar’s metal strings result in tough calluses but yield a delicate sound. The instrument – reminiscent of its Western guitar counterpart – is a plucked instrument with strings and 20 frets, used ...

The sounds of the sitar and tabla will echo in List Art Center this Saturday, when Brown students will join in an exploration of Indian music and culture. Raagmaala, an organization promoting the ...

In the mid-1960s, George met sitar legend Ravi Shankar and immediately began receiving lessons from him. Indian music took hold of George so much that he left his guitar behind. However, George ...

In a groundbreaking fusion of tradition and innovation, neo-classical musician, Rishab Rikhiram Sharma, is set to unveil SITARA, India's firstcLED-enhanced electric sitar, during his 2026 Sitar for Me ...

April 7 marks the centenary of the Indian Sitar Master Ravi Shankar (1920– 2012), whose interactions with Western musicians, such as the Beatle George Harrison, have been celebrated, although the full ...

India, March 10 -- Sydney's connoisseurs of Indian classical music gathered for a rare and memorable recital by the ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 21 (ANI): Sitar virtuoso Rishab Rikhiram Sharma has announced a 10-city India tour as part of the Asia leg of his internationally acclaimed Sitar For Mental ...

There’s no one answer to the ‘best version’ of the Indian national anthem. Jana Gana Mana has been sung by many artists. From Naga music sensation Imnainla Jamir playing a rock version on electric ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. Some ...

George Harrison first heard Indian music while in utero. His mother Louise hoped the calming melodies of the Eastern music played on Radio India would help calm her rambunctious unborn son. However, ...

From George Harrison to John Coltrane, from Yehudi Menuhin to David Crosby, his connections reflected music's universality, though a gap persisted between Shankar and many Western fans. Sometimes they ...