As The Beatles were recording the groundbreaking Revolver album, an odd thing occurred in the annals of rock ‘n’ roll history. On “Taxman,” a track written and sung by George Harrison, Paul McCartney ...

One of the greatest musicians of all time has died. Ravi Shankar, sitar legend and easily one of India’s most revered cultural ambassadors, passed away Tuesday afternoon at age 92 in San Diego.

Sitar virtuoso Purbayan Chatterjee, who trained Farhan Akhtar to play the sitar for his upcoming film The Beatles, spoke exclusively to India TV about the experience.

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 ...

George Harrison's personal sitar from 1965, which was the year the Beatles recorded Norwegian Wood sold tonight for $62,500 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Ayana Angadi replaced the string and brought ...

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, ...

When Ravi Shankar, sitar virtuoso, passed away last December there was an international outpouring of tributes and writings on his life and contributions to world music. The Indian maestro, who was ...

George Harrison’s sitar is looking to come together with a new owner. The late Beatles musician’s distinctive Indian instrument will go up for grabs Thursday by Nate D. Sanders Auctions — with bidding ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn’t seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As ...

Ayana Angadi replaced the string and brought his family to the studio at Abbey Road to watch the Beatles record Norwegian Wood. The song launched "The Great Sitar Explosion" in rock and roll, but for ...

When Ravi Shankar, sitar virtuoso, passed away last December there was an international outpouring of tributes and writings on his life and contributions to world music. The Indian maestro, who was ...