Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar and The Beatles had a meaningful relationship. Without Shankar’s influence, The Beatles might not have experimented with new sounds. George first heard Indian music in ...

The pair spent weeks together, starting the lessons at Harrison's house in England and then moving to a houseboat in Kashmir and later to California. Gaining confidence with the complex instrument, ...

The first song of the highly awaited film Kannappa, ‘Shiva Shiva Shankara,’ was unveiled today. Pujya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation, launched the song, marking ...

During the 1960s, Harrison developed a passion for Indian classical music. He learned how to play the sitar and first incorporated it in a Beatles song on “Norwegian Wood” from 1965’s Rubber Soul. In ...

Here’s All We Know About The First Song From Prabhas & Vishnu Manchu’s Kannappa ( Photo Credit – YouTube ) The first song from the highly awaited film Kannappa, starring Prabhas and Vishnu Manchu, was ...

Indian Sun is a new authoritative biography of the Indian musician Ravi Shankar's life, published to coincide with this year's centenary of his birth. In a career that spanned decades and continents, ...

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 ...

“I have always poured out all of the peace, joy, love and pain that I have experienced in my life through my music.”—Ravi Shankar The loss is incomprehensible. On a personal level, the death of Ravi ...

A real treat for fans of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, this is not only a live recording of a rare morning concert, but also an "at home" performance Shankar did for some special friends at his ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ravi Shankar, the Indian composer, sitar musician, and collaborator of artists like George Harrison. In honor of the milestone, folk-rock singer ...