When The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison called Ravi Shankar "the godfather of world music", he opened culture up to a ...

Ravi Shankar became an icon in the world of rock, even though the movement didn't align with his beliefs surrounding music.

we felicitate Maestro Ravi Shankar on his 90th birthday," says Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai. "He enchanted American audiences with his electrifying sitar playing even before the Beatles ...

The Beatles partly recorded the album in character ... King, a bit of Stockhausen, a bit of Albert Ayler, a bit of Ravi Shankar, a bit of Pet Sounds, a bit of The Doors; it didn’t matter ...

George Harrison's 1974 tour didn't go over well with critics. John Lennon also wasn't impressed with what he saw from his ...

The young Ravi Shankar travelled to Paris ... including violinist Yehudi Menuhin and composer Philip Glass. In the 1960s Beatles guitarist George Harrison was introduced to Shankar’s music.

Ravi Shankar was an influential Indian musician who created fusions between Indian Hindustani and western music. He was a big influence on British bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

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