With its origins tracing back to the 11th century, the sitar has been deeply rooted in South Asian culture, serving as an ...

Colin John will play “The Sitar Remains the Same” show at Mulligan’s on the Blue on July 6 at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner. Admission is $20. Courtesy photo If you have ever wondered what ...

Starting around 1965, The Beatles began to be more experimental with their music, often becoming more psychedelic and surreal. George Harrison developed an interest in Indian music, especially the ...

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who is currently in India for his Mathematics tour, recently shared a special moment ...

Timucua Arts Foundation is bringing the International Guitar Festival back to Orlando starting this week. The organization is presenting four weekends of guitar performances from artists around the ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

When George Harrison’s "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Les Paul was kidnapped in 1973, he called on his former sitar mentor Ravi Shankar to issue an appeal for its safe return, such was their ...

George Harrison used a sitar on a song from The Beatles’ Rubber Soul. He said the sitar wasn’t good. A famous sitar played had mixed feelings on the song in question. “So you know, they just thought, ...

Rishab Rikhiram Sharma is redefining Indian classical music by making it accessible to new audiences through his Sitar for ...

A concert Sunday at High Beam Dreams offered Gibsons listeners a unique encounter with Raga stylings of India.

Opening with Veer, from Degun’s 2022 album Anomaly, Degun’s sitar playing is instantly arresting, against a pulsating pedal from the lower strings. As the piece progresses, pizzicato strings create ...