The Ravi Shankar Ensemble—a multi-generational collective of world-class musicians curated by Anoushka and Sukanya Shankar— ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Baby boomers may remember classical sitar player Ravi Shankar from his legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock, or his influence on popular music ...

The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic (six ...

Bollywood stars and dignitaries have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Ravi Shankar, who died today (December 12). The sitar player - a three-time Grammy winner - passed away at a San Diego hospital ...

In 1968, the celebrated Indian musician Ravi Shankar performed for six days in Manhattan, bringing his virtuosity on the sitar to a New York audience. That year, this magazine’s reviewer wrote that ...

NEW DELHI - Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar has died near his home in southern California, his family said on Tuesday. He was 92. Click here for story. Click t.co/P3vVCE4r for slideshow Following ...