“There are so many Indians here,” commented the woman behind me as we pushed through the crowd at Symphony Center to see the sold-out Ravi and Anoushka Shankar concert. She wasn’t wrong, but Indians ...

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

Students from a variety of majors join in the Schoenberg Music Building on weekday evenings to learn the art of sitar playing from their instructor, UCLA lecturer and sitarist Rahul Neuman.

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 ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his 'best wishes' to Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong after he was seen trying to learn the Indian musical instrument- sitar. In addition to conveying ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

As The Beatles were recording the groundbreaking Revolver album, an odd thing occurred in the annals of rock ‘n’ roll history. On “Taxman,” a track written and sung by George Harrison, Paul McCartney ...

Contemporary sitar artist Anoushka Shankar, one of Indian classical music’s most important modern figures, has witnessed just about every kind of live audience across her two decades touring the world ...

Ed Sheeran, during his India tour, shared a video of himself playing the sitar for the first time, delighting fans by performing a sitar rendition of 'Shape of You.' Guided by Indian sitar player ...