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 ...

Indian spiritualism and music were like a magnet for George Harrison and their involvement in his own music abated not one ...

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 ...

We had earlier reported that actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be seen playing sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar in the much-anticipated Beatles biopic series. Recently, Farhan spoke about taking up ...

Farhan Akhtar on Ravi Shankar's role highlights deep preparation and responsibility. Actor learning sitar and studying the maestro’s life for an authentic portrayal. Beatles biopic marks Farhan Akhtar ...

With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso, who died Tuesday at 92, mentored a Beatle, became a hippie musical icon and ...

NEW DELHI — 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 ...

Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade ...

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