Since not much has been obtained in writing over the centuries about the origin of sitar, it is but natural to find controversial versions of its origin. I only play the sitar as it exists today, and ...

Amitabh Bachchan who apparently has been busy composing music in his free time, has now decided to learn how to play the sitar and sarod. Amitabh Bachchan who apparently has been busy composing music ...

A group of music students, some of them holding guitars and other instruments, sat in a semi-circle, listening intently for ninety minutes as the man with the sitar spoke and played for them. His name ...

A new, ambient sound has arrived and it stars Santa Barbara–raised songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maxton Hunter and his journey learning the sitar. The tracks “Dhara” and “Jaya” were released ...

My uncle Ustad Khurshid Khan has been known as a prominent sitar player across the world. His playing amazed my parents, and so they wanted me to learn playing sitar. It was 1970, when my father ...

KARACHI: Hailing from a family of musicians, 16-year-old Ritika Dhanja feels music in her soul - a connection that motivated her to become one of the youngest female sitar players of Pakistan. Sitting ...

Anthony Curmi's musical career has changed considerably ever since he decided to go the music he loved listening to when he was young. A precocious and energetic guitarist with hard rock band Blade ...

NEW DELHI: Popular British singer Ed Sheeran shared a lengthy post on social media praising Bollywood musician Arijit Singh and said he learnt to sing in Punjabi and play a sitar from him. Sheeran and ...