In a 1999 interview, Ravi Shankar, who died Tuesday, talked to Fresh Air about hippies, psychedelic drugs, "Norwegian Wood," George Harrison, his fond memories of the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 ...

As news of Ravi Shankar's death at 92 spread, musicians and other public figures expressed sympathy and paid homage to the sitar legend. Singer/songwriter Norah Jones, Shankar's daughter, issued ...

Pandit Ravi Shankar’s life, ... Virtuoso performances at Monterey in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969 helped cement Shankar’s place in Western musical history as an ambassador of Eastern wisdom to a ...

Ravi Shankar, who introduced Indian music to much of the Western world, counted Beatles member George Harrison among his disciples. Ravi Shankar, sitar master, dead at 92 - Los Angeles Times ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical ...

Performance at Woodstock. The 1960s and 70s were the golden age of the Hippie Revolution, the counter–culture movement that also made the West develop an interest in the culture of India.

In this Aug. 3, 1967 file photo, George Harrison, of the Beatles, left, sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, in Los Angeles, as Harrison explains that Shankar is ...

The acclaimed benefit concert, which took place at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1971, featured Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell ...

As India experiences a vibrant renaissance in the live music industry with classical music gaining more mainstream appreciation, Rishab Rikhiram Sharma, the youngest and last disciple of the ...

Ravi Shankar, the renowned master of the Indian sitar, turns 85 on Thursday. He is considered one of the world's greatest musicians, and continues to give concerts, tour, teach and compose.