Virtuoso sitar player, Ravi Shankar inspired a new fascination with and appreciation for classical Indian music in Western popular culture. Judy Woodruff remembers the man who tutored Beatles ...

Patiala: A recent research study at Punjabi University has highlighted the contributions of lesser-known artists associated with sitar in Hindi film music. Conducted by researcher Vanita under 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 ...

In the mid-1960s, George met sitar legend Ravi Shankar and immediately began receiving lessons from him. Indian music took hold of George so much that he left his guitar behind. However, George ...

Neo-classical musician and Indian sitar maestro Risabh Rikhiram Sharma has announced a 10-city India tour as part of the Asia ...

Sitar Player Alif Laila has performed Indian classical music all over the world, from her native Bangladesh to the U.K. to areas across the U.S. In addition to being an international performer, she ...

Sitar maestro and Oscar winner Ravi Shankar, dubbed the “godfather of world music” by George Harrison, who helped popularize North Indian classical music in the West, died today at San Diego’s Scripps ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Ravi Shankar in 1955 Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Ravi Shankar, the man who made traditional Indian sitar music popular worldwide, didn’t shoot to fame ...

You can catch From “Bandish to Bandits: A Classicool journey with Purbayan Chatterjee” at the UH Student Center this Saturday Purbayan Chatterjee is one of the top sitar maestros of the world. He's ...