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 ...

Of the many string instruments currently in vogue in the sub-continent, sitar is perhaps the most popular musical device for venting creative melodic expressions. It is sophisticated instrument, which ...

Ravi Shankar, the man who made traditional Indian sitar music popular worldwide, didn’t shoot to fame overnight. The musician—who was born on this day, April 7, in 1920—first began performing when he ...

It’s a sound you’ll never forget! Very few rock bands feature the sitar as a primary instrument, but for Montreal’s Elephant Stone, playing at Trans Pecos in Bushwick on Oct. 22, the classical Indian ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — Indian classical musician Kartik Seshadri compares the destruction of the prized sitar he played and toured with for 38 years to the pain of losing a limb. “It drives me to tears ...

Ashland United Methodist Church will host a free concert Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. featuring internationally recognized sitar player Dr. Sanjay Kingi.

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...