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Anoushka Shankar’s Music Reflects her Life’s Journey | San Francisco Classical Voice

    Anoushka Shankar’s Music Reflects her Life’s Journey | San Francisco Classical Voice

At just 37 years old, sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar has had an amazing life. She is the daughter of Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar, who helped to popularize

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George Harrison’s Estate Launches Label Featuring Works of Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan

    George Harrison’s Estate Launches Label Featuring Works of Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan

The estate of The Beatles member George Harrison has launched a new record label, called HariSongs, featuring Indian classical and world music. The label will use archives from the Harrison

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The “karmic connection” between The Beatles’ George Harrison and Ravi Shankar — Quartz

    The “karmic connection” between The Beatles’ George Harrison and Ravi Shankar — Quartz

There is no easy explanation for such vastly dissimilar people as George (Harrison) and Ravi Shankar instantly connecting with each other, almost as if their relationship was preordained. Their family

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The Concert For Bangla Desh

    The Concert For Bangla Desh

by: Bill Harry In March 1971, following political problems and strife between the various regions in Bangla Desh, in the eastern half of Pakistan, Pakistan’s ruling General sent in the

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How the Beatles changed history with a sitar

    How the Beatles changed history with a sitar

When someone nonchalantly decorated the set for the Beatles’ film Help! with a sitar, they were probably thinking it added a certain Eastern exoticism. In a break between takes, George

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