Starting around 1965, The Beatles began to be more experimental with their music, often becoming more psychedelic and surreal. George Harrison developed an interest in Indian music, especially the ...

Clad in high-collared vests and baggy cotton trousers, the three barefoot Indian musicians sat down cross-legged on an Oriental carpet on the stage of Judson Memorial Hall at Manhattan’s Washington ...

A new, ambient sound has arrived and it stars Santa Barbara–raised songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maxton Hunter and his journey learning the sitar. The tracks “Dhara” and “Jaya” were released ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

When sitarist Anoushka Shankar talks about the pain of the artistic process, she’s not speaking figuratively, or existentially. She is being quite literal. “Ever since I was a kid, I've had this one ...

The COVID pandemic and lockdown walloped sitar player Anoushka Shankar hard. The isolation. The unknown. The fear of the future. “I needed a place to put some vulnerable feelings, not to get too ...

Timucua Arts Foundation is bringing the International Guitar Festival back to Orlando starting this week. The organization is presenting four weekends of guitar performances from artists around the ...

The esraj became the polite sound of the modern home. Today, the esraj has been overshadowed by the glamour of the sitar and ...

WATERLOO - Slowly, Tom Trittle lowers his body to the floor, sitting cross-legged on a small round cushion. He carefully attaches a strange-looking guitar pick to his index finger and prepares to play ...

Ever heard instrumental version of ‘Wish you a Merry Christmas', not on guitar, violin or brass, but on sitar? Renowned sitarist Chandulal Kalburgi left the audience spellbound playing all-time ...