As you probably heard by now, the great sitar player Ravi Shankar died yesterday at the age of 92. His music arrived in most American ears thanks to George Harrison and the Beatles, whose interest ...

Of the many string instruments currently in vogue in the sub-continent, sitar is perhaps the most popular musical device for venting creative melodic expressions. It is sophisticated instrument, which ...

Vilayat Khan’s sitar was not an external prop; it had become an extension of his body, another limb. Even when he was not playing, he would constantly engage with his instrument, stare at it, fiddle ...

In a two-week series we present a wide range of information on Sitar written by Pt Debu Chaudhuri. He penned this piece exclusively for the readers of Chandigarh ...

Shehnai maestro Pandit Shailesh Bhagwat and sitar exponent Ustad Rafeeque Khan presenting a jugalbandhi at Palakkad on Monday ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...