Mumbai: Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen's Paroma.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli sitting in for Terry Gross. Ravi Shankar, who popularized the sitar and Indian music in America, died this week at the age of 92. He befriended the Beatles, gave ...

For more than 50 years, Ravi Shankar has been the man responsible for bringing Indian classical music to the West. He's collaborated with a stunning array of musicians, from The Beatles' George ...

The Internet is littered with all sorts of Meshuggah covers and it's always fun to watch fans play through some of their favorite songs. Some of these videos span the range from guitar, drums, bass, ...

At the advent of Technicolor, movie posters were plastered with enthusiastic phrases like “Technicolor Triumph,” and “Now in brilliant Technicolor!” Iron & Wine’s discovery of musical instruments ...

Rishabh Rikhiram Sharma, a renowned contemporary Indian Sitarist, has gained immense popularity through his 'Sitar for Mental Health' series. Combining traditional Indian Classical music with mental ...

LONG BEACH — The scheduled Sunday concert at the Terrace Theater by noted Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar was called off after the 91-year-old musician fell ill. The event has been ...