Impose Magazine — World-reknowned sitar player Ravi Shankar passed away last night at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego, where he was admitted last week for heart-valve replacement surgery after suffering upper respiratory and heart problems. He was 92 years ... more info

Guardian Music — Save 20% on a gift subscription to Songlines magazine this Christmas. Each purchase will be accompanied by two free CDs. The offer is valid until 31 December 2012Songlines is the magazine that looks at the world through music. Covering everything fro... more info

Guardian Music — Help! us explore the many ways in which John, Paul, George and Ringo have influenced film, then and nowWith Magical Mystery Tour getting the bells-and-whistles reissue treatment this week, here's a look back at the multifaceted and often downright bi... more info

Guardian Music — As leading musicians come to London's Southbank for the Darbar festival of Indian classical music, Amit Chaudhuri on the beauty of a tradition that shares some of its roots with the bluesSexual intercourse began in 1963, noted Philip Larkin, between ... more info

Guardian Music — The former Beatle will become the first British musician to receive the honour, at a gala ceremony from the French presidentPaul McCartney is to receive France's highest cultural distinction at a ceremony this week. President François Hollande will ... more info

Guardian Music — Faouzi Skali founded Morocco's spiritual music festival, a haven of peace among the bloodshed across the Arab worldThe Moroccan philanthropist Faouzi Skali founded the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in 1994. For the past 12 years the programme ha... more info

Guardian Music — Malian singer who played at the Guardian Open Weekend picks up award for best newcomer from world music magazineThe Tuareg group Tinariwen, Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara and Ravi Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar are among the winners of the Song... more info

Guardian Music — 'I asked Philip Glass how he composed – and he gave me a mathematical equation'Philip Glass, composerBob and I met in 1973. I went to see a show of his called The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin, a silent piece that lasted 12 hours, from 7pm to 7... more info

Guardian Music — Banjo player with a breathtaking style who shaped bluegrass and explored other genresIf Bill Monroe was the architect of bluegrass music, the banjo player Earl Scruggs, who has died aged 88, was his chief construction worker. Scruggs, who played with... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonOne of the delights of Indian classical music is that it can be such an easy-going affair. Amjad Ali Khan may not enjoy quite the status of Ravi Shankar among western audiences, but he is rightly regarded as a major celebrity at h... more info