Should we thank or blame Ravi Shankar? About 41 years before his death this week, at age 92, Shankar told his famous protégé, George Harrison, about the devastation brought to his fellow Bengalis ...

Ravi Shankar lived in and around Los Angeles for many years, teaching and performing his music. Occidental College posts a little remembrance today that connects the small size of Shankar's living ...

George Harrison was one of the biggest rock stars on the planet in 1971 but there was no bravado in his voice as he lent his celebrity to discuss a global crisis. Sitting at a press conference that ...

“On ‘Hollywood Dhun,’ you hear Raviji play a series of Bangledeshi folk melodies with great heart and soul, disturbed as he was about the situation in Bangledesh at the time (something he mentions in ...

Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and composer is India's most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular phenomenon in the classical music worlds of East and West. As a performer, composer, ...

HOBOKEN – The Monroe Center for the Arts is holding a tribute concert to honor the legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar and his student George Harrison of the Beatles on Saturday, March 30. Shankar is ...

Norah Jones, Philip Glass and Dhani Harrison are among the artists that will celebrate Ravi Shankar’s legacy with a series of worldwide centennial concerts. Jones — the daughter of the legendary ...

NEW DELHI (AP) -- With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso mentored a Beatle, became a hippie musical icon and ...

The recent Tenth Decade in Concert: Live in Escondido DVD is a remarkable testament to just how strong Ravi Shankar's playing remained at the age of 91. The concert was filmed on October 11, 2011, and ...