Learn the basics of the raga, the sitar and the tabla with India's master, Ravi Shankar. The examples are played by his daughter, sitar player Anoushka Shankar, and tabla virtuoso Tanmoy Bose.

For more than 50 years, Ravi Shankar has been the man responsible for bringing Indian classical music to the West. Hear Shankar, in conversation, as he reminisces on his life and explains the ...

Shankar, who died Tuesday at age 92, was "a saint, an emperor and lord of music," Sharma says in a tribute posted to the website of his sought-after shop, Rikhi Ram's Music.

What was Ravi Shankar famous for? Ravi Shankar was born in Benares, India, on April 7, 1920. He spent his childhood studying music and dance, but he gave up the latter when he turned 18. He ...

He used music as a tool to help him explore his curiosities. In a 1967 interview, the Beatle said Ravi Shankar was his “musical guru.” Here’s who he was and what Harrison had to say about him.

Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and composer is India's most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular phenomenon in the classical music worlds of East and West. As a performer, composer, ...

Ravi Shankar, master of the traditional Indian instrument the sitar and muse to the Beatles, died Tuesday at age 92. Dubbed the "godfather of world music" by George Harrison, Shankar is credited ...

Ravi Shankar took Indian classical music to world stages and introduced the sitar to Western audiences. His influence can still be felt today, 100 years after his birth.

Ravi Shankar At 90: The Man And His Music Indian Classical Music 101 With Ravi Shankar Shankar's music is like a fine Indian sari — silken, swirling, exotic, it can break your heart with its beauty.

Ravi Shankar, the sitar master who helped popularize Indian music in the 1960s, influencing hippie culture and musicians from the Beatles and the Grateful Dead to John Coltrane, has died, the ...

Indian Sun: The Life And Music Of Ravi Shankar Oliver Craske 658 Pages ISBN: 978-0-571-35085-8 Faber & Faber 2020 The title of Oliver Craske's fascinating and exhaustively researched biography of Ravi ...