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Ravi Shankar: An Appreciation

Source: Los Angeles Times, Dec 12 2012, 5:02pm CST

When inspired — which, when he began to play a raga, was often — Ravi Shankar could make you think he had mastered the secret of creation. The famed Indian musician, who died Tuesday at age 92, was not a doer but a maker. His sitar seemed ...

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Haven’t stayed away from films for any reason: Anoushka Shankar

Source: Times of India  |   May 23 2013, 1:30pm CDT

Celebrating the centenary of Indian cinema has been one of the highlights of the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, and while many from our film industry have been making their presence felt there, it hasn't just been about the fil ...

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Liverpool Arts: CLASSICAL INTERVIEW: Clark Rundell on the new Chester Music Festival

Source: Liverpool Daily Post  |   May 23 2013, 3:01am CDT

An exciting new chamber music festival is launching in Chester next month. Laura Davis finds out more MUSICIANS from the North West’s leading orchestras are coming together for Chester’s new classical music festival. Clark Rundell, artistic director of ...

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UK composers describe Pandit Ravi Shankar as `real thing`

Source: Indian TV Today  |   May 22 2013, 10:27pm CDT

Two of Britain`s most famous musicians, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, have described Pandit Ravi Shankar as `the real thing` after experiencing a performance by the Indian sitar maestro in the early 1950s. The year 2013 ...

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Street tunes: Courthouse plaza musicians both appreciated and hassled

Source: The Daily Courier  |   May 20 2013, 11:53pm CDT

PRESCOTT - They might not be everyone's musical cup of tea, but musicians are rarely in short supply in downtown Prescott, particularly those who play in public around the courthouse plaza. Some tell them to get a job ...

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Anoushka Shankar performs at Cannes

Source: Bollywood.com  |   May 20 2013, 11:15pm CDT

“I was very happy to play music for this elite audience and prepared a special set of some of my own music and gorgeous, rarely-heard songs that my father Pandit Ravi Shankar contributed to legendary Indian film scores at the beginni ...

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Alluring Kalimba Fusion

Source: World Music Central  |   May 20 2013, 5:54am CDT

Cameroonian kalimba virtuoso Njacko Backo is a well-known name in the Canadian African music circuit. He’s been living in Canada for 24 years and has entertained audiences throughout Canada with his mesmerizing kalimba sounds. His latest ...

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The Day the Music Died in Mali

Source: The New York Times  |   May 19 2013, 8:03pm CDT

EVERYONE has heard of censored songs, like Billie Holiday’s “Love for Sale,” which was banned from ABC radio in 1956 because of its prostitution theme. Most are familiar with the censorship of artists, like the Dixie Chicks, who had their music blacklist ...

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Rs 20000crore deals in push for rural broadband

Source: Hindustan Times  |   May 19 2013, 12:43pm CDT

The government’s Rs. 20,000-crore project to provide high-speed broadband in 200,000 villages across India has finally taken off. Bharat Broadband Nigam Ltd (BBNL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) created for ...

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Ravi Shankar Prasad urges PM to articulate concern of people to Premier Li

Source: Webindia123  |   May 19 2013, 9:19am CDT

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday urged Dr. Manmohan Singh to firmly articulate the concern of the people and the country, including the opposition, he said this, in ...

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Chinese musician seeks enduring India-China ties

Source: MSN India  |   May 19 2013, 5:59am CDT

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) She started liking the poetry of India's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore while in school, and now China's noted dulcimer player Liu Yuening has made the first Chinese transcription of Tagore's songs with the ai ...

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