An Indian stringed instrument owned and played by George Harrison on one of the Beatles’ best-known tracks has sold for almost £50,000. The sitar, which featured in the arrangement for ‘Norwegian Wood ...
As you probably heard by now, the great sitar player Ravi Shankar died yesterday at the age of 92. His music arrived in most American ears thanks to George Harrison and the Beatles, whose interest ...
UNITED STATES (REUTERS) - The sitar George Harrison used in the recording of "Norwegian Wood" is now going to auction. "This is the only sitar by the Beatles that's ever been released to auction and ...
The sitar George Harrison used in the recording of “Norwegian Wood” has been sold for $62,500 in the United States. “This is the only sitar by the Beatles that’s ever been released to auction and it’s ...
On 30 June 1990, while history was being made in the world of Indian classical music, India remained completely oblivious. For the first time in the British parliament, an Indian musician had been ...
Since not much has been obtained in writing over the centuries about the origin of sitar, it is but natural to find controversial versions of its origin. I only play the sitar as it exists today, and ...
As you probably heard by now, the great sitar player Ravi Shankar died yesterday at the age of 92. His music arrived in most American ears thanks to George Harrison and the Beatles, whose interest ...