Grammy nominee and the son of Ustad Vilayat Khan, Shujaat Husain Khan comes from the illustrious Imdad Khan gharana of the sitar. Is that a huge weight to carry? It sure is. People don't ever let you ...

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 ...

The pair spent weeks together, starting the lessons at Harrison's house in England and then moving to a houseboat in Kashmir and later to California. Gaining confidence with the complex instrument, ...

Vilayat Khan’s sitar was not an external prop; it had become an extension of his body, another limb. Even when he was not playing, he would constantly engage with his instrument, stare at it, fiddle ...

Clad in high-collared vests and baggy cotton trousers, the three barefoot Indian musicians sat down cross-legged on an Oriental carpet on the stage of Judson Memorial Hall at Manhattan’s Washington ...

Don’t judge Gabby La La by her small stature. Or her cuteness, for that matter. Because if you do, you might overlook the fact that she’s a sitar virtuoso, a master of the theremin and a mean ...

That idea of “one music” is what got him to the Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan National Festival of Music and Dance 2025 at Ravindra Bharathi on December 13 and 14, organised by Sangitanjaly Foundation ...

The sitar’s metal strings result in tough calluses but yield a delicate sound. The instrument – reminiscent of its Western guitar counterpart – is a plucked instrument with strings and 20 frets, used ...

Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee has been on song all during the lockdown, experimenting, going digital and jamming with some extraordinary musicians. On November 21, Purbayan will interpret Carlos ...

Married At First Sight has been criticised for playing sitar music as Dino Hira talked about having sex with wife Melissa Lucarelli. The 35-year-old Meditation Facilitator from Washington discussed ...