As you probably heard by now, the great sitar player Ravi Shankar died yesterday at the age of 92. His music arrived in most American ears thanks to George Harrison and the Beatles, whose interest ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — 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 ...
UNITED STATES (REUTERS) - The sitar George Harrison used in the recording of "Norwegian Wood" is now going to auction. "This is the only sitar by the Beatles that's ever been released to auction and ...
An Indian stringed instrument owned and played by George Harrison on one of the Beatles’ best-known tracks has sold for almost £50,000. The sitar, which featured in the arrangement for ‘Norwegian Wood ...
The sitar George Harrison used in the recording of “Norwegian Wood” has been sold for $62,500 in the United States. “This is the only sitar by the Beatles that’s ever been released to auction and it’s ...
It was a busy Thursday evening as small groups of people flocked to the Karachi Arts Council to attend the Tehzeeb Sitar Festival. The event started late, as elderly people (the real fans of classical ...
Since not much has been obtained in writing over the centuries about the origin of sitar, it is but natural to find controversial versions of its origin. I only play the sitar as it exists today, and ...
As you probably heard by now, the great sitar player Ravi Shankar died yesterday at the age of 92. His music arrived in most American ears thanks to George Harrison and the Beatles, whose interest ...