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    Dec 12, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Sitar Player That Influenced Beatles Dies

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, whose influence on George Harrison helped shape the sound of some the Beatles&rsquo; most experimental songs, including &ldquo;Norwegian Wood,&rdquo; died in a hospital near his home in Southern California. He was 92. In 1965, Harrison began studying the sitar with Shankar and the two quickly became friends. In 1971, Shankar performed at Harrison&rsquo;s Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in New York, and later was featured on all of side one of The Concert for Bangladesht hree-LP set. The Rolling Stones, the Animals and the Byrds were among the many other rock bands that incorporated the sitar into their sound as a result of Shankar&rsquo;s introduction of the Indian instrument to Western musicians.</span>
    Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, whose influence on George Harrison helped shape the sound of some the Beatles’ most experimental songs, including “Norwegian Wood,” died in a hospital near his home in Southern California. He was 92....

    Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Music, George Harrison, Madison Square Garden, Entertainment

    2. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  2. Folk singer Richie Havens dies at 72

    Richie Havens, the New York City folk singer thrust by circumstance onto center stage as the opening act of Woodstock, the legendary 1969 music festival, has died. He was 72. He died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, N.J., according...

    Tags: Sweetwater, Heart Attack, McDonald's, Entertainment Events, Bedford (Bronx, New York)

    3. Mar 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa blows through barriers at UCLA

    &quot;It's very rare," alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa said while back-introducing the song "Abhogi" at&nbsp; Royce Hall on Saturday night, further describing the piece as a South Indian raga that was also performed in the Hindustani tradition. "And of course we played it in neither genre," he added with a smirk.
    "It's very rare," alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa said while back-introducing the song "Abhogi" at  Royce Hall on Saturday night, further describing the piece as a South Indian raga that was also performed in the Hindustani tradition. "And of...

    Tags: Music, Global Expansion, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, New York City

    4. Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Grammys 2013: Live blogging all the pre-show winners

    It's brunch at the Grammys! Live updates from the pre-telecast.
    It's brunch at the Grammys! Live updates from the pre-telecast. 4:10 p.m.: Final update from the pre-show: The 70th award this afternoon went to the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach for producer of the year. “Wow,” said Auerbach, who moments...

    Tags: Social Media, Kanye West, Genres, Awards and Prizes, Nokia Theater

    5. Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  5. Mumford & Sons win big at Grammys

    Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year for "Babel." It was an event that even shocked the London folk-rockers. "We figured we weren't going to...

    Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Kanye West, Miranda Lambert, Nokia Theater, Mumford & Sons (music group)

    6. Dec 12, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Pictures in the News | December 12, 2012

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    Wednesday's Pictures in the News begins in France with an aerial photo of tracks left by skiers in the French alps. Recent snowfalls have encouraged skiers to hit the slopes and the Val d'Isere authorities have opened certain slopes early. In...
    7. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends

    Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its <a href=&quot;http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/george-harrison-material-world-grammy-museum.html">George Harrison &ldquo;Living in the Material World&rdquo; exhibit </a>that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he spearheaded at Madison Square Garden in 1971.
    Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he...

    Tags: Eric Clapton, Entertainment Events, Martin Scorsese, Otis Redding, Arlo Guthrie

    8. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Letters: Not your parents' Venice

    Re "Venice's new bloom," Column One, Dec. 11 When I moved to Venice almost 20 years ago, I still heard the occasional gunshot at night. My reaction was, "Yes, I am in Venice!" The edge of danger was part of Venice's charm. I'm in my late 50s, and when...
    9. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Letters: Sabotaging O.C.'s toll roads

    <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollway-probe-20121207%2C0%2C6975571.story">Re "State probes fiscal health of O.C. toll roads," Dec. 12</a>
    Re "State probes fiscal health of O.C. toll roads," Dec. 12 Thanks to Orange County's nearly 60 miles of toll roads, commuters have been able to make choices about travel for decades, paying a little extra fee for faster service. Los Angeles is now...

    Tags: Transportation, Travel, Highway Transportation

    10. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Letters: Ravi Shankar, sitar master

    Re "He introduced Indian music to much of the Western world," Obituary, Dec. 12 I had the great fortune to see Ravi Shankar several times over the last 30 years. Unquestionably the most impressive of any musical performance I have ever seen was his...

    Tags: Music, Entertainment

    11. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Letters: 'Angry atheists' and Nativity scenes

    Re "Threatened by faith," Opinion, Dec. 11 Although I am an atheist, I am not an angry one. Like Rabbi Michael Gotlieb, I do not feel threatened by the Nativity scenes that for nearly 60 years were put up in Santa Monica's Palisades Park. But if Gotlieb...

    Tags: Holidays, Judaism, Jimmy Carter, Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith

    12. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Ravi Shankar dies at 92; sitar master

    Ravi Shankar was already revered as a master of the sitar in 1966 when he met George Harrison, the Beatle who became his most famous disciple and gave the Indian musician-composer unexpected pop-culture cachet.
    Ravi Shankar was already revered as a master of the sitar in 1966 when he met George Harrison, the Beatle who became his most famous disciple and gave the Indian musician-composer unexpected pop-culture cachet. Suddenly the classically trained Shankar...

    Tags: Norah Jones, Yehudi Menuhin, Popular Music (genre), Classical Music (genre), John Coltrane

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