Purbayan Chatterjee innovates Indian classical sitar music by blending traditional ragas with modern elements, collaborating with global artists, and utilizing cutting-edge technology. His approach ...

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 ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — Indian classical musician Kartik Seshadri compares the destruction of the prized sitar he played and toured with for 38 years to the pain of losing a limb. “It drives me to tears ...

Vadodara businessman Bharat Desai's 'Bharatar', the electronic sitar, revolutionizes music with features like tonal quality adjustments. Desai's interdisciplinary research ensures the survival of ...

Renowned Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee, a torchbearer of Indian classical music, has brought the magic of the sitar to life in the latest season of Bandish Bandits on Amazon Prime Video. The track ...

In Tripura, innovators are turning to AI to revive the state's musical legacy, sparking debate over whether technology can ...

Farhan Akhtar has been cast as Ravi Shankar in Sam Mendes' Beatles films, but who exactly was this man? A concise history of the sitar maestro who mentored George Harrison.

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 ...

That difference in attitude created an early tension. Shankar would later say of the first sitar-heavy Beatles track, “I was ...