Ever heard instrumental version of ‘Wish you a Merry Christmas', not on guitar, violin or brass, but on sitar? Renowned sitarist Chandulal Kalburgi l.

WORCESTER — A number of different elements will be working in harmony together at the Classical Musical Melody of India concert at 7 p.m. June 3 in Mechanics Hall. The concert is a fundraiser for Joy ...

The sitar’s metal strings result in tough calluses but yield a delicate sound. The instrument – reminiscent of its Western guitar counterpart – is a plucked instrument with strings and 20 frets, used ...

The pair spent weeks together, starting the lessons at Harrison's house in England and then moving to a houseboat in Kashmir and later to California. Gaining confidence with the complex instrument, ...

Steaming plates of curry, fragrant mugs of chai, wafting incense and exotic, shimmering music being piped through a sound system - an Indian restaurant is the only setting in which many Americans ever ...

Timucua Arts Foundation is bringing the International Guitar Festival back to Orlando starting this week. The organization is presenting four weekends of guitar performances from artists around the ...

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 spearheaded the ...

Virtuoso sitar player, Ravi Shankar inspired a new fascination with and appreciation for classical Indian music in Western popular culture. Judy Woodruff remembers the man who tutored Beatles ...

NORTH HILLSDALE, N.Y. - Music's beauty is enriched by its ability to adapt. On Friday evening at 7: 30 at North Hillsdale UnitedMethodist Church, a unique concert will merge centuries-old music with a ...

In the mid-1960s, George met sitar legend Ravi Shankar and immediately began receiving lessons from him. Indian music took hold of George so much that he left his guitar behind. However, George ...