The Daily Beast looks back on some of the many musicians whose careers were influenced by Ravi Shankar. By Caitlin Dickson Legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar passed away Dec. 11 at the age of 92.

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar and The Beatles had a meaningful relationship. Without Shankar’s influence, The Beatles might not have experimented with new sounds. George first heard Indian music in ...

World-renowned sitar player Ravi Shankar, one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian music, has died in San Diego, near his Southern California home. He was 92 years old. Shankar, a master of the sitar ...

Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and composer is India's most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular phenomenon in the classical music worlds of East and West. As a performer, composer, ...

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, who is famous for his collaborations with George Harrison and John Coltrane (among many others), died on Tuesday in a Southern California hospital. Shankar brought ...

Long before all-star benefit concerts were commonplace fundraising events, Shankar and his friend George Harrison organized the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971 to help refugees caught in that territory ...

Director Gowri Ramnarayan’s new biographical play, Enchantment, offers an immersive look at the human side of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, blending live music, dance, and a standout performance by Yohan ...

The composer and performer who inspired the Beatles and other rock stars was 92 Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitarist and composer whose collaborations with Western musicians – both classical and rock – ...

Sitar master and composer Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at a hospital near his home in the San Diego area. Shankar's foundation released a statement that says the musician had suffered from ...