India, @megharawoot shared a video of Ed Sheeran trying to play the sitar for the first time—and nailing it. In the video, the author hands the British singer-songwriter a sitar, a traditional ...

In light of Commonwealth Day celebrations, King Charles III has curated a special radio show called The King's Music Room in ...

Her environment certainly hastened her passion. For many, Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, was a spiritual leader as much as a ...

The number of instruments used is minimal — the tabla, sitar and the mridangam For Indian classical music Khan conceived the idea during a performance in New York. “I was invited to a Diwali ...

George Harrison – influenced by Ravi Shankar – introduced Indian elements such as playing on the sitar to Beatles music (Norwegian Wood, Within You Without You). Yet despite Harrison’s popularity and ...

A sitar recital by virtuoso Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, accompanied on tabla by Anubrata Chatterjee, both renowned figures in the field of Indian Classical music, was organised at Bhargava ...

Ed Sheeran, during his India tour, shared a video of himself playing the sitar for the first time, delighting fans by performing a sitar rendition of 'Shape of You.' Guided by Indian sitar player ...

The fourth evening of the Patiala Heritage Festival-2025 was turned into a musical spectacle as renowned sitar maestro Niladri ... English daily in North India, publishes news and views without ...

and several temple towns against the shimmering sound of sitar. Khan says, “The composition begins with a meditative alaap and takes the listener right into the core values that define India’s ...