FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Indian musician Ravi Shankar laughs as he speaks during a concert in Bangalore, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s ...

The composer and performer who inspired the Beatles and other rock stars was 92 Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitarist and composer whose collaborations with Western musicians – both classical and rock – ...

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar and The Beatles had a meaningful relationship. Without Shankar’s influence, The Beatles might not have experimented with new sounds. George first heard Indian music in ...

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, who is famous for his collaborations with George Harrison and John Coltrane (among many others), died on Tuesday in a Southern California hospital. Shankar brought ...

Olivia Harrison, Widow of Beatle George Harrison, Eulogizes Ravi Shankar The widow of the late Beatle George Harrison, Olivia Harrison, joined friends and family to pay respects to Ravi Shankar on ...

Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the ...

Sitar master and composer Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at a hospital near his home in the San Diego area. Shankar's foundation released a statement that says the musician had suffered from ...

Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. A tweet from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official Twitter account broke the news to the world: "Prime Minister condoles the passing away of Pandit ...

Revisiting the event’s memorable set list, 57 years later. By Lindsay Zoladz Her performances with her husband at the time, Ravi Shankar, were acclaimed, but there were only a few of them. By Neil ...