As you probably heard by now, the great sitar player Ravi Shankar died yesterday at the age of 92. His music arrived in most American ears thanks to George Harrison and the Beatles, whose interest ...

Sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar's instrument, damaged on an Air India flight, is now restored by luthier Ajay Rikhiram.

Niladri Kumar has revolutionized the sitar with his innovative Zitar, infusing it with an electric sound and pioneering ...

A "devastated and truly disturbed" Anoushka Shankar has said her sitar was damaged on an Air India flight, telling the airline in a social media post that "you're the country this music belongs to" ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

This week, Anoushka Shankar did what she’s done for most of her life, reached for her sitar to tune it before a performance ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Baby boomers may remember classical sitar player Ravi Shankar from his legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock, or his influence on popular music ...

Sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar shared an update after her sitar was damaged during a flight, confirming that the airline has agreed to compensate her for the repair costs.

Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A horse’s jawbone? A couple of rocks, a stick, and some string? An armadillo shell? A box with a constantly buzzing antenna sticking out of it? Something ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...