Amitabh Bachchan, busy composing music in his free time, has decided to learn sitar and sarod. "Okaay! So am getting into the business of acquiring a sitar and a sarod soon enough so I may have the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reenat Fauzia is one of the noted sitar players of our country. She has been playing sitar for over 25 years now. Fauzia's first CD titled “A Touch of Love” was released in 2004. “I think that was the ...

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 ...

TRIPUNITHURA: Sree Poornathrayeesha Sangeetha Sabha in association with Chilanka Dance and Music Academy, Aranmula, will present a concert of sitar music featuring Australian musician Alan Posselt.

Once while trying to play a Ghaseet (a glide from one note to another) on a sitar, Begum Akhtar exclaimed as the string hurt her finger - “Kambakhat! Ye to lagta hai”, and giggled away. Once while ...