Anoushka Shankar reflects on storied legacy: ‘Am I a torch bearer, a tradition breaker, a pioneer, or a silver-spoon kid?’
Growing up as the daughter and prized student of Ravi Shankar, the world’s most famous Indian classical musician, provides unique challenges and opportunities.
Anoushka Shankar brings sitar-driven sound to Opening Nights
A recent trilogy of albums brings Shankar and her band to Tallahassee to make her debut at Opening Nights in Ruby Diamond ...
Anoushka Shankar keeps her family's sitar tradition alive with albums, concerts
Her environment certainly hastened her passion. For many, Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, was a spiritual leader as much as a musician. Anouska Shankar describes the musicians who would stay at the ...
Chapter III: We Return to Light EP
Alongside sarod and percussion, the sitarist and composer—daughter of virtuoso Ravi Shankar—closes out her suite of ...