Virtuoso sitar player, Ravi Shankar inspired a new fascination with and appreciation for classical Indian music in Western popular culture. Judy Woodruff remembers the man who tutored Beatles ...

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 new book "The Journey of the Sitar in Indian Classical Music: Origin, History, and Playing Styles" (published by iUniverse), from sitar player and author Dr. Swarn Lata, compiles the knowledge and ...

A group of music students, some of them holding guitars and other instruments, sat in a semi-circle, listening intently for ninety minutes as the man with the sitar spoke and played for them. His name ...

Steaming plates of curry, fragrant mugs of chai, wafting incense and exotic, shimmering music being piped through a sound system - an Indian restaurant is the only setting in which many Americans ever ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

Renowned Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee, a torchbearer of Indian classical music, has brought the magic of the sitar to life in the latest season of Bandish Bandits on Amazon Prime Video. The track ...

The pair spent weeks together, starting the lessons at Harrison's house in England and then moving to a houseboat in Kashmir and later to California. Gaining confidence with the complex instrument, ...

Join Yogini Kaliji in welcoming the Batish Family. A legend of the Bay Area world music scene, Ashwin is a sitar and tabla master. Trained from an early age in the north Indian classical music ...

The New England Conservatory of Music Intercultural Institute, is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week with a symposium on bimusicality. Bimusicality is when artists can perform in two distinct ...

The NCPA is set to host an evening of Indian classical music headlined by fifth-generation sitarist Niladri Kumar. The sitarist will be joined by an accomplished lineup of percussionists including ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. American sitarist David Pontbriand will perform at the Oasis of Music from ...