(Featured image: Zakir Hussain (left) and Ali Akbar Khan (right) in the 1970s) It was May 29, 1970, at the Family Dog, a venue located at the edge of a deteriorating amusement park on San Francisco’s Great Highway, where a decidedly psychedelic crowd was spellbound by...
Sakaar Singh, son of Bhangra Artist – Jasbir Jassi, “Simba Sing”, is an emerging R&B and Pop Singer. Singh left his home state of Punjab at the age of 16 to embark on absorbing and contributing to musical styles far beyond his homeland. Sarkaar’s released...
“Life is much larger than birth & death, failure & success. You are the unblemished, pure, eternal self. Knowing this, you will walk like a King.” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Fifty-eight years ago, renowned Indian composer Pt. Ravi Shankar founded the...
San Jose Jazz announces a new weekly series, ‘Live From Home,’ to help musicians affected by the cancellations of tours and live performances, due to COVID-19 quarantines sweeping the world. The experimental series launches this week with 30-40 minute concerts...
It begins with only a single voice. Just a single beat, a simple six-beat dadra breaking through the silence. Then another. And in a matter of seconds, the song emerges in full force, a Bollywood-pop rhythm that’s smooth and yet hits all the right notes. So engrossed...
Last year was a tough one for sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar, in which she dealt with painful milestones such as her hysterectomy and separation. In a freewheeling chat, she bounces back and talks to us among other things about her goals for 2020, her new...
