Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar and The Beatles had a meaningful relationship. Without Shankar’s influence, The Beatles might not have experimented with new sounds. George first heard Indian music in ...

“Within You Without You” appeared on the The Beatles' 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. While George Harrison played sitar on the album, it was influenced by a piece by Ravi Shankar.

During the 1960s, Harrison developed a passion for Indian classical music. He learned how to play the sitar and first incorporated it in a Beatles song on “Norwegian Wood” from 1965’s Rubber Soul. In ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli sitting in for Terry Gross. Ravi Shankar, who popularized the sitar and Indian music in America, died this week at the age of 92. He befriended the Beatles, gave ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ravi Shankar, the Indian composer, sitar musician, and collaborator of artists like George Harrison. In honor of the milestone, folk-rock singer ...

Indian Sun is a new authoritative biography of the Indian musician Ravi Shankar's life, published to coincide with this year's centenary of his birth. In a career that spanned decades and continents, ...

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 ...

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, ...

NEW DELHI — Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie music icon of the '60s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over a ...

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, who is famous for his collaborations with George Harrison and John Coltrane (among many others), died on Tuesday in a Southern California hospital. Shankar brought ...

For legendary Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar’s 75th birthday, a very special guest was invited onstage to perform with the onetime Beatles cohort. Shankar’s accompanying orchestra members set down their ...

A real treat for fans of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, this is not only a live recording of a rare morning concert, but also an "at home" performance Shankar did for some special friends at his ...