ContactMusic — Indian icon Ravi Shankar is set to receive a postumous Lifetime Achievement honour at the 2013 Grammy Awards.The announcement, made by Recording... more info
ContactMusic — Jazz singer Norah Jones has broken her silence following her father Ravi Shankar's death on Tuesday (11Dec12), insisting the celebrated sitar player... more info
ContactMusic — Shankar changed the face of modern music and opened the eyes of millions to sitar music as well as the Asian-sub-continent's classical music... more info
KEXP Seattle — Perhaps no other artist has brought Eastern music to the West like sitar master Ravi Shankar. His tutelage of George Harrison in the mid-60′s kicked off a lifetime of cultural exchange. While rock bands like The Beatles were incorporating Eastern s... more info
ContactMusic — The Recording Academy have paid tribute to the late Ravi Shankar, who passed away, aged 92.In a statement, from the organisation behind the annual... more info
CNN Showbiz — His music transcended trends and cultural barriers. Pandit Ravi Shankar's life, which traversed nearly a century, ended Tuesday.
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Starpulse — Celebrated sitar player Ravi Shankar has died in a California hospital, aged 92. The Indian musician passed away on Tuesday at Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego, where he was admitted last w... more info
ContactMusic — Musicians including Slash, K.D. Lang and Christina Perri have paid tribute to late sitar player Ravi Shankar, who died on Tuesday (11Dec12).The... more info
ContactMusic — Pandit Ravi Shankar, the virtuoso sitar player, who inspired the 60s psychedelic movement through his collaboration with the Beatles, has passed away... more info