East certainly met West on Ananda Shankar’s eponymously titled first album from 1970. Shankar’s father was the Indian choreographer, Uday Shankar, while his more-famous uncle was the master sitar player, Ravi Shankar. Although, Ananda also became famous for playing sitar, he did not study under his uncle, but rather studied traditional Indian music with Lalmani Misra at … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Jumping Jack Flash” by Ananda Shankar
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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Boy Meets Girl” by Anoushka Shankar
To say Anoushka Shankar was raised around a musical family is a bit of an understatement. She is the daughter of sitar master Ravi Shankar and the half-sister of Norah Jones. Anoushka learned to play the sitar from her father and began performing with him around the world at the age of 14. Although born in London, Shankar spent much of her childhood in Delhi, India and … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Boy Meets Girl” by Anoushka Shankar
