A traditional Indian instrument used by George Harrison to record a Beatles song has sold for over £53,000. Harrison bought the 4ft long sitar from a small Oxford Street shop named Indiacraft ...

The Rolling Stones may have carved out their own niche these days, but their early days have songs that cribbed notes from The Beatles.

When Ravi Shankar introduced Western musicians in the 1960s to Indian classical music, he couldn’t have imagined he’d change rock music history forever. Shankar inspired George Harrison, and ...

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 ...

Many groups also looked to India, using 12-string guitars to mimic the drone of a sitar, as in “Ticket to Ride” by The Beatles. And The Kinks’ “See My Friends” helped establish what beca ...

He was a big influence on British bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. His Symphony mixes Indian Hindustani sitar music with a western classical orchestra. Banghra is a fusion music that ...

The Beatles make their first visit to Hamburg. The 17-year-old Harrison is later deported for being under-age. 1965: Becomes interested in the sitar and becomes the first Western musician to play ...