101105 Ravi & Anoushka Shankar, Ottawa, ON
It’s really too bad that the great Ravi Shankar is no longer walking this Earth, but every time I hear a sitar I think of him so I suppose in that sense he’s still here. Or there. Or wherever…
Tag: Indian music
100503 Remember Shakti, Toronto, ON
As a big fan of John McLaughlin and a lover of Indian classical music this Remember Shakti thing was right up my alley…
092400 Ravi & Anoushka Shankar, Toronto, ON
September 24th, 2000 marks the first time I saw the great Ravi Shankar…
110800 Remember Shakti, Toronto, ON
Remember Shakti was an updated grouping of John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain’s ’70’s Indian classical/jazz fusion band Shakti, this time rounded out with percussionist V. Selvaganesh and the late, great U. Srinivas on the five-string mandolin, and it was breathlessly brilliant…
051417 Sangeet 2017, Ottawa, ON
As soon as that glorious, unmistakeable tabla/tamboura/sitar sound began I was instantly numbed…
