There is a moment, at the start of every sitar performance, when nothing has quite begun yet. The sitarist settles the instrument against his knee. He plucks one string, not to play a melody, but ...

You can praise The Beatles for a lot of reasons. High on that list should be the fact that they refused to settle on strategies that worked for them in early successes. Instead, they kept pushing the ...

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 ...

In yesterday's note, I wrote about the Indian music superstar, the legendary Tansen. Today, I would like to write about Swami ...

Ravi Shankar was born in India in 1920 and came to prominence just as India gained independence from Britain in 1947. He was initially a dancer and then a virtuoso sitarist and composer, and became ...

If you’ve ever visited India, you may have been taken aback by the cacophony of horns that reigns supreme on the roads. While there’s an undeniable charm, when it’s a part of your day-to-day ...

World renowned Sitarist, Reshma Srivastava, will perform Indian classical music on sitar<br/><br/>She is one of an elite group of classical Indian musicians skilled in the art of enlivening the most ...

Rishab Rikhiram Sharma is gearing up for India’s first LED-enhanced electric sitar during the India leg of his upcoming Sitar ...