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George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh Featured Drug Trouble for Eric Clapton, Stage Fright for Bob Dylan

George Harrison's reluctance as a frontman was, oddly enough, a major reason behind the success of the Concert for Bangladesh, his close friend Klaus Voormann tells Spinner. ... Read More »

George Harrison's 'Concert for Bangladesh' Streaming This Weekend on His Website

The Concert for Bangladesh, which was created by the late George Harrison along with legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, will be streamed on Harrison's official site all weekend long. ... Read More »

Norah Jones Reveals Early Sitar Lessons

Eight-time Grammy Award winner Norah Jones has revealed that she once learned to play the sitar, the ... Read More »

Kailash Kher Is an Indian Idol With Folk Twists

Okay. So with Ellen DeGeneres having taken over for Paula Abdul at the judges' table of 'American ... Read More »

Son de la Frontera, Peter Walker and Pacifika on Flamenco's True Frontiers

It looks pretty simple: A guy on the right of the stage playing guitar, a guy on the left playing a ... Read More »

K. Sridhar Sends Musical -- and Monetary -- Healing Through Eight Gates

Cultural chauvinism comes in many forms. Take musical charity projects, for example. From George ... Read More »

Anoushka Shankar Finds Her 'I' in 'Team' With Karsh Kale

If Anoushka Shankar is trying to establish her own musical identity with her new album, 'Breathing ... Read More »

Rumi-nating With Iranian Composer Hafez Nazeri

While introducing a recent concert featuring Kurdish Iranian music legend Shahram Nazeri and his ... Read More »