Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

KOCHI: She was a river, a mighty one at that, reminisces academician Rajiv K about surbahar (bass sitar) maestro Annapoorna Devi, one of the most enigmatic musicians of our times. “To know the river, ...

Though we may associate the sitar with the 1960s and the Beatles" tutelage under Ravi Shankar, the Indian stringed instrument has enjoyed a resurgence of late thanks to the talent of an array of ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — One of India’s most accomplished traditional musicians will perform a sitar recital at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Skidmore College. Imrat Khan, a master of both sitar and ...

Vilayat Khan was born in Gauripur, then undivided British India (now Bangladesh). His Father Enayat Khan was a sitar maestro. His family traces its pedigree back to the court musicians of the Mughals.

As a child, Nishat Khan was always surrounded by music. The son of surbahar (bass sitar) maestro Ustad Imrat Khan and nephew of sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan, he picked up the rudiments at an early ...