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Profile: Sitarist Ravi Shankar
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NPR Morning Edition
04-07-2005
Profile: Sitarist Ravi Shankar
Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
One of the world's greatest musicians turns 85 years old today. Sitar master Ravi Shankar is still giving concerts, touring, teaching and composing. For the latest National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg met ...
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Profile: Sitarist Ravi Shankar
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. One of the world's ... Radio Expeditions, I'm Susan Stamberg, NPR News. (Soundbite of music) INSKEEP: Radio Expeditions ... You're listening to MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Content and Programming copyright 2005 ...
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SHANKAR, STAR OF THE SITAR, RETURNS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ADAM GELLER, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-08-1996 SHANKAR, STAR OF THE SITAR, RETURNS By ADAM GELLER, Staff Writer Date: 11-08-1996, Friday Section: LIFESTYLE / PREVIEWS Edition: All Editions -- 5 Star, 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star Biographical: RAVI SHANKAR MUSIC PREVIEW RAVI
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Ravi Shankar's worlds
Jerusalem Post
; 00-00-0000 Headline: Ravi Shankar's worlds Byline: Barry Davis Edition; Magazine Section: Arts Page: 23 Friday, September 13, 2002 -- Between Two Worlds, a documentary about celebrated Indian musician Ravi Shankar to be shown at the Haifa International Film Festival, is something of a misnomer.
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Sitarist Anoushka Shankar discovers her own voice
Chicago Sun-Times
; Ravi Shankar with special guest Anoushka Shankar 8 tonight Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Tickets, $18-$70 (312) 294-3000 NEW YORK Having established herself as a gifted student of her legendary father, Ravi Shankar, on her 1998 debut album, "Anoushka," sitarist Anoushka Shankar is bringing out a
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Shankar's legacy to the world
New Straits Times
; ... Performing Arts, Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank, 10E Connaught Place, New Delhi, 110001 India. Acct. No. 30131595 For more news, visit their websites at www.ravi shankar.org and www. anoushka shankar.com * The writer can be contacted at lifeis@nstp. com ...
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Tickets for Shankar's concert still available
New Straits Times
; ... night only concert at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Thursday (Feb 22) are still available for bookings. This is certainly good news to the 80-year-old maestro's ardent fans as Shankar's performance is certainly a rare treat. He last performed in a sell-out ...
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RAVI SHANKAR TRADED POPULARITY FOR PURITY
The Boston Globe
; The Beatles helped turn Ravi Shankar into a pop icon. That was in the 1960s, when he taught George Harrison to play the exotic 20- string sitar. But Shankar was never comfortable with the media glare. He acknowledges he might have become a multimillionaire had he exploited the Beatles connection,
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BRIDGING WORLDS SHANKAR'S MUSIC STILL TRAVELS WELL.(LIFESTYLE)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
; Byline: Michael Muckian Special to The Capital Times Ravi Shankar was already considered the dean of Indian music, playing to full houses at Carnegie Hall and in other major cities worldwide, when the Beatles' George Harrison discovered the music of the sitar master in the mid-1960s. Harrison's use
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Ravi Shankar, Godfather of World Music.(Interview)
World and I
; Now nearly eighty-two, Ravi Shankar has not only brought classical Indian music to a world audience but has done much to bridge diverse cultures-- and will continue to do so with his New Delhi arts center. Meanwhile, daughter Anoushka, at twenty, is gaining musical renown. I can only play sitar to
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Profile: Career of Ravi Shankar as he is about to give his final North American performance
All Things Considered (NPR)
; ... 00-9:00 PM ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert ... occasional small, private performance. For NPR News, I'm Tony Sarabia in Chicago. (Soundbite ... listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. (Soundbite of sitar version of Fire )
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