“Norwegian Wood” is the first song featuring George Harrison playing the sitar. John Lennon wrote the 1965 Rubber Soul track, which is a Bob Dylan-influenced track with a blend of Indian music.

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, ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Ravi Shankar in 1955 Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Ravi Shankar, the man who made traditional Indian sitar music popular worldwide, didn’t shoot to fame ...

Of the many string instruments currently in vogue in the sub-continent, sitar is perhaps the most popular musical device for venting creative melodic expressions. It is sophisticated instrument, which ...

Inspired by more experimentation around arrangements and a desire to write all of their songs, Aftermath was a groundbreaking album for The Rolling Stones. It was a new undertaking for the Stones with ...

March 18, 2017. Ustad Zunain Khan, the torchbearer of the Jafferkhani Baaj sitar playing style, was to perform a jugalbandi with me. It was an unusual combination – his magnificent sitar and the new ...

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 ...

Sitarist Sanjay Deshpande performs during Brahmanaad organized by South Central Zone Cultural Centre, on Sunday NAGPUR: For the first time in over two years of Brahmanaad event, the early morning ...

Sangeet Spectrum, an Expression of Indian Classical Music’ recently witnessed an enthralling sitar recital by Ustad Shahid Parvez at Jai Hind College, Mumbai. Organised by Dedhia Music Foundation in ...

By Sonakshi Kohli: ORIGIN OF SITAR Sitar has been a part of the Indian history and culture since the medieval times. It was invented in our country itself and played extensively at the royal courts ...