The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic (six ...

The world mourned the death this week of the Indian maestro whose name became synonymous with the sitar. Closer to Shankar's home, Indians mourned... Indian Musicians Remember Their Teacher, Ravi ...

He did more to build a bridge between the music and spirituality of India and the West than any of his contemporaries. He is probably most widely-known known for his relationship with George Harrison ...

Sitarist Shubhendra Rao, who studied under Shankar, looks to bring his guru's music to the masses again with an American tour ...

The multi-generational ensemble of world-class musicians dedicated to the masterful compositions and enduring legacy of the ...

In a moment that would prove life-changing, we take a look at the moment George Harrison discovered the work of sitarist Ravi ...

George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh was a history making benefit concert. But he is keen to credit the real mastermind ...

The Ravi Shankar Ensemble, a multigenerational collective of world-class Indian musicians, will debut at 8 p.m. Monday at The Egg on the first stop of its 14-city, nine-state ...

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 ...

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 icon and spearheaded the ...

George Harrison lacked something in the mid-1960s, but legendary sitarist, Ravi Shankar, filled that void with Indian music. In 1965, nothing impressed George, not even his idols like Elvis Presley, ...