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 ...

The traditional tools of the trade didn't quite enable musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt to translate the sounds in his head into something he could play. So Bhatt invented the mohan veena, which from a ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. -- Hundreds gathered on Thursday remembered sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar as an unfailingly generous teacher with a gentle spirit and sense of humor whose music fostered understanding ...

FILE - DECEMBER 11: Sitar player Ravi Shankar has died at 92. Ravi Shankar performing at the Barbican Centre, London on 4th June 2008 during his Final Tour of Europe. - Non- exclusive. (Photo by ...

Bollywood stars and dignitaries have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Ravi Shankar, who died today (December 12). The sitar player - a three-time Grammy winner - passed away at a San Diego hospital ...

Amitabh Bachchan has spoken about his phone conversation with Ravi Shankar days before the sitar maestro's death. Writing on his blog, the actor explained how he had received a request for a call from ...

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar proudly placed Indian classical music on the global stage. To honour his legacy, the Delhi-based Ravi Shankar Centre presented its annual festival at its premises in ...