When The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison called Ravi Shankar "the godfather of world music", he opened culture up to a ...

Ravi Shankar became an icon in the world of rock, even though the movement didn't align with his beliefs surrounding music.

"On behalf of music lovers and champions of East-West cultural connections, we felicitate Maestro Ravi Shankar on his 90th birthday," says Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai. "He enchanted ...

The young Ravi Shankar travelled to Paris ... including violinist Yehudi Menuhin and composer Philip Glass. In the 1960s Beatles guitarist George Harrison was introduced to Shankar’s music.

Ravi Shankar was an influential Indian musician who created fusions between Indian Hindustani and western music. He was a big influence on British bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

as it was announced in front of my father and Pandit Ravi Shankar Ji, two of my biggest inspirations.” Also Read: When Zakir Hussain credited The Beatles’ George Harrison for his tabla career ...