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Listening to Indian ragas improves focus and emotional balance: IIT Mandi study

In a remarkable fusion of traditional Indian music and modern neuroscience, IIT Mandi researchers have provided scientific proof that listening to Indian classical ragas can positively influence brain ...
BroadwayWorld

Michael Harrison Performs Indian Ragas and Compositions for Piano and Tabla With Nitin Mitta

On Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 8:30pm ET, composer, pianist and vocalist Michael Harrison will offer his debut performance of traditional Indian classical music, which he has adapted for piano with ...
The Washington Post

Oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen plays a concert that includes jazz and Indian ragas

Simon Shaheen, the much-admired Palestinian violin and oud virtuoso, brought his ensemble to the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Saturday night for a concert that fused traditional Middle Eastern ...
Jazz

Charu Suri: The Jazz Raga

Jazz and Indian ragas share common ground in their traditional use of improvisation. They are often talked about in compatible terms, but Ravi Shankar, for one, did not believe that ragas could be ...
NBC News

Meet the harpist using traditional Indian music and American jazz to 'bridge worlds'

PASADENA, Calif. — At an autumn concert in Southern California, instrumentalist and vocalist Sheela Bringi carefully adjusted the strings of her harp before dedicating the opening invocation to ...
The Brooklyn Paper

All the raga: 24-hour Indian music marathon in Red Hook

A classical Indian music festival will take listeners on a 24-hour sonic journey, with the music in each hour aligned with the time of day. The Ragas Live Festival, which will begin at 7 pm on Oct. 19 ...