Esoteric, eclectic and prolific, the Indian sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar has mapped out an intriguing artistic path by delivering intriguing music that has veered between the modern and the ...

Anoushka Shankar started to play the sitar at the age of 7. Of course, her father was considered the world's great master, Ravi Shankar. SIMON: "Love Letters P.S." is her 12th album. It's an ...

Anoushka Shankar, daughter of Ravi Shankar, combines her classical Indian background with electronica artist Karsh Kale on the new CD Breathing Under Water. It features guest performers including her ...

For Anoushka Shankar, there is legacy and then there is destiny. She is equally respectful of both, but bound to neither. Her ever-growing audience cannot help but acknowledge the familial roots of ...

Arooj Aftab has announced a deluxe edition of her album Vulture Prince. The new expanded double LP pressing is out June 24 via Verve. Today, she’s shared the added track “Udhero Na,” which features ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The COVID pandemic and lockdown walloped sitar player Anoushka Shankar hard. The isolation. The unknown. The fear of the future.

Anoushka Shankar had an unusually sound reason for missing some school days during the fall semester of her 10th grade year in 1996 at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas. She was on tour and making her ...

London-based sitar player Anoushka Shankar began performing in public when she was 13, almost 30 years ago, and was soon playing such major venues as the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. In those ...

Arijit Singh performed his first live show with sitarist Anoushka Shankar in a concert in Kolkata. It was his first concert after his exit from playback singing. Arijit announced his retirement from ...

Los Angeles: The 2026 Grammy Awards began with the Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles early Monday morning. Before the main TV show, the Recording Academy presented 86 awards across various categories.