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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

April 7 marks the centenary of the Indian Sitar Master Ravi Shankar (1920– 2012), whose interactions with Western musicians, such as the Beatle George Harrison, have been celebrated, although the full ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wood and metal have pretty much been the materials of choice for craftsmen making acoustic instruments for many years, but the rise of 3D printing in recent times has brought us guitars, violins, ...