Miner grew up playing the classical violin, but says that as a teenager she was drawn to the transcendent music of the sitar, a long-necked lute with a hollowed-out gourd body. The instrument’s ...

The new book "The Journey of the Sitar in Indian Classical Music: Origin, History, and Playing Styles" (published by iUniverse), from sitar player and author Dr. Swarn Lata, compiles the knowledge and ...

The New England Conservatory of Music Intercultural Institute, is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week with a symposium on bimusicality. Bimusicality is when artists can perform in two distinct ...

Neo-classical musician and sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma will debut and perform on India’s first-ever LED-enhanced electric sitar during the India leg of his upcoming 10-city Sitar for Mental Health ...

A new, ambient sound has arrived and it stars Santa Barbara–raised songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maxton Hunter and his journey learning the sitar. The tracks “Dhara” and “Jaya” were released ...

Join Yogini Kaliji in welcoming the Batish Family. A legend of the Bay Area world music scene, Ashwin is a sitar and tabla master. Trained from an early age in the north Indian classical music ...

NORTH HILLSDALE, N.Y. - Music's beauty is enriched by its ability to adapt. On Friday evening at 7: 30 at North Hillsdale UnitedMethodist Church, a unique concert will merge centuries-old music with a ...

An eclectic group of people sat on floor cushions in a Los Feliz home earlier this month for a concert to mark famed sitar player Ravi Shankar’s 90th birthday. In the same room where Shankar played in ...

There’s at least one thing 11-year-old Kailash Ranganathan has in common with the Beatles’ lead guitarist, George Harrison: both were influenced by Grammy Award-winning Indian musician and composer ...

Initiative introduces music engagement in a clinical care setting and includes school outreach and awareness programmes ...