Ravi Shankar, the man who made traditional Indian sitar music popular worldwide, didn’t shoot to fame overnight. The musician—who was born on this day, April 7, in 1920—first began ...

the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie ... When Jones shot to stardom and won five Grammy awards in 2003, Anoushka Shankar was nominated for a Grammy of her own. Shankar, himself, has won three ...

Sitar maestro and Oscar winner Ravi Shankar ... he worked with Menuhin on the album “West Meets East,” which won a Grammy in 1967. “Ravi Shankar has brought me a precious gift and through ...

World-renowned sitar player Ravi Shankar ... raised more $15 million for refugees and children. In all, Shankar won three Grammy awards and will be honored with The Recording Academy’s Lifetime ...

Ravi Shankar ... Anoushka as his heir on the sitar. In recent years, father and daughter toured the world together. When Jones shot to stardom and won five Grammy awards in 2003, Anoushka Shankar ...

NEW DELHI: Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Dayawati Modi Award for his contribution to promotion of Indian classical music across the world. NEW DELHI: Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar ...

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony posthumously on sitar maestro Ravi Shankar at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Thursday, the culture ...

Ravi Shankar, the Grammy Award-winning Indian sitar virtuoso who became the world ... His album "West Meets East," with violinist Yehudi Menuhin, won the 1967 award for best chamber music ...

Ravi Shankar was already revered as a master of the sitar in 1966 when he met George ... which earned a Grammy Award in 1967. The recording also showed Shankar’s versatility — and the capacity ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped ... When Jones shot to stardom and won five Grammy awards in 2003, Anoushka Shankar was nominated for ...

Ravi Shankar ... Anoushka as his heir on the sitar. In recent years, father and daughter toured the world together. When Jones shot to stardom and won five Grammy awards in 2003, Anoushka Shankar ...