NEW DELHI — 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 ...

Purbayan Chatterjee innovates Indian classical sitar music by blending traditional ragas with modern elements, collaborating with global artists, and utilizing cutting-edge technology. His approach ...

Clad in high-collared vests and baggy cotton trousers, the three barefoot Indian musicians sat down cross-legged on an Oriental carpet on the stage of Judson Memorial Hall at Manhattan’s Washington ...

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 ...

Rishab Shetty and sitar maestro Rishab Rikhiram Sharma have reimagined the iconic ‘Varaha Roopam’ from Kantara into a mesmerizing sitar piece. Blending traditional ragas like Thodi and Mukhari with ...

Internationally feted sitar player Ustad Shujaat Khan and world fusion artiste Rahul Sharma will perform traditional and contemporary pieces at Banyan Tree Events' concert Barkha Ritu this weekend ...

A new, ambient sound has arrived and it stars Santa Barbara–raised songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maxton Hunter and his journey learning the sitar. The tracks “Dhara” and “Jaya” were released ...

The stars of classical Indian music will perform for 24 straight hours at Drexel University starting Saturday night. The round-the-clock Raga Samay Festival might perplex some “world music” ...

“The melodic character of Indian music and the harmonic character of Western music are like oil and water. They will not mix…Nor should there be any fear that one will harm the other.” — Sitar maestro ...