Sitar legend Ravi Shankar has died at the age of 92.
Over the course of the past year Shankar suffered from upper-respiratory and heart issues, according to Billboard. Last Thursday he underwent heart-valve replacement surgery, but was unable to recover from the procedure and passed away at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. Tuesday night.
Shankar is often noted for his influence on the Beatles, and for introducing traditional Indian music to the West on a broad scale. He was also the father of popular singer/songwriter Norah Jones.
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New Delhi -- Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92.
The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure.
Over the course of the past year Shankar suffered from upper-respiratory and heart issues, according to Billboard. Last Thursday he underwent heart-valve replacement surgery, but was unable to recover from the procedure and passed away at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. Tuesday night.
Shankar is often noted for his influence on the Beatles, and for introducing traditional Indian music to the West on a broad scale. He was also the father of popular singer/songwriter Norah Jones.
This is a developing story...
More from the AP below:
New Delhi -- Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92.
The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure.
- 12/12/2012
- by AP/The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Anoushka Shankar is from a world-famous musical family. But she didn't truly get to know her father – or meet her half-sister Norah Jones – until well into her childhood
A little over two years ago, Anoushka Shankar met the British film director Joe Wright in India. He was there researching a film that would never come to fruition, and she was visiting family. A couple of months later, the two met again, this time in Los Angeles, and whatever it was that happened between them, she says in a crystalline accent that betrays her transatlantic upbringing and a transatlantic state of mind, happened swiftly.
"People say you know when you know, don't they? Well, I'd been in a long-term relationship previously, and I had never 'known' then. But [with Joe], I knew immediately."
Wright clearly felt likewise – kismet, fate, fortune. Within the space of 12 months, they moved in with each other, married and she got pregnant.
A little over two years ago, Anoushka Shankar met the British film director Joe Wright in India. He was there researching a film that would never come to fruition, and she was visiting family. A couple of months later, the two met again, this time in Los Angeles, and whatever it was that happened between them, she says in a crystalline accent that betrays her transatlantic upbringing and a transatlantic state of mind, happened swiftly.
"People say you know when you know, don't they? Well, I'd been in a long-term relationship previously, and I had never 'known' then. But [with Joe], I knew immediately."
Wright clearly felt likewise – kismet, fate, fortune. Within the space of 12 months, they moved in with each other, married and she got pregnant.
- 11/19/2011
- by Nick Duerden
- The Guardian - Film News
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