November Musicians of the Month

As we celebrate November birthdays in music this month, we will also be celebrating music from India! I'm really excited to introduce our musicians of the month, Ravi Shankar and daughter, Anoushka Shankar. 

Ravi Shankar was an incredibly talented sitar player and one of the first to popularize Indian Classical Music in other parts of the world! Probably one of his most famous students was George Harrison from the Beatles who studied the sitar with Ravi Shankar for six weeks in India and became lifelong friends. Listen to this Beatles song and see if you can hear the Beatles love for Indian music.

 

Anoushka Shankar is carrying on her father's tradition. She recently released an album of Indian music fused with Spanish music. Here is an example, Raga Flamenco.

Fun fact! Norah Jones is Ravi Shankar's daughter and Anoushka's half sister. Here's a beautiful song they perform together.