(headline image: Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma. Zakir photo by Jim Bennett.) Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma are set to perform at Symphony Space on…
View More Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma to Present Remembrance of Pandit Shivkumar SharmaTag: Zakir Hussain
World Music Institute Unveils 2024-25 Fall-Winter Season
(Clockwise from top left: Etran De L’Aïr, Thandiswa Mazwai, Zakir Hussain, Paolo Angeli, Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Las Migas. Photo Credits: Etran De L’Aïr – Larry…
View More World Music Institute Unveils 2024-25 Fall-Winter SeasonSavannah Music Festival 2024 Announces Tantalizing World Music Concerts
The Savannah Music Festival, a world-class, multi-genre event, has announced a set of exciting world music concerts at the peak of spring. From March 28…
View More Savannah Music Festival 2024 Announces Tantalizing World Music ConcertsUdupa Music Festival kicks off this week in Bangalore with Indian classical music, jazz, and flamenco
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain has won five Grammy Awards over the past three decades: 1992 (Best Global Music Album), 2009 (Best Global Music Album),…
View More Udupa Music Festival kicks off this week in Bangalore with Indian classical music, jazz, and flamencoTransglobal World Music Hall of Fame Reveals 2023’s Inductees
The Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame has announced the list of 2023 inductees. Five artists were inducted in the Artists category: Zakir Hussain, Natacha…
View More Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame Reveals 2023’s InducteesA Night of Musical Alchemy: As We Speak Quartet to Unite Bluegrass, Indian Classical, and Western Classical at UCLA’s Royce Hall
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance is set to present an upcoming performance of As We Speak by renowned international artists, Béla Fleck, Zakir…
View More A Night of Musical Alchemy: As We Speak Quartet to Unite Bluegrass, Indian Classical, and Western Classical at UCLA’s Royce HallShakti’s Timeless Fusion: ‘This Moment’ Album Rekindles East-West Musical Magic
Shakti (John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, V.Selvaganesh, Ganesh Rajagopalan) – This Moment (Abstract Logix, 2023) Shakti, the remarkable musical collaboration of John McLaughlin, Zakir…
View More Shakti’s Timeless Fusion: ‘This Moment’ Album Rekindles East-West Musical MagicBanjo, Tabla, and Bass Converge: ‘As We Speak’ by Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer – As We Speak (Thirty Tigers, 2023) Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia have created…
View More Banjo, Tabla, and Bass Converge: ‘As We Speak’ by Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar MeyerShakti, Pioneers of Indian Fusion
Shakti, a fusion ensemble, materialized during the mid-1970s from the profound creative and spiritual rapport between guitarist John McLaughlin and Indian tabla musician Zakir Hussain.…
View More Shakti, Pioneers of Indian FusionWorld Fusion Trailblazers Shakti to Return in 2023
Iconic world music band Shakti has announced an upcoming tour in 2023. The transcontinental ensemble includes Eastern and Western musicians who intertwine Indian and western…
View More World Fusion Trailblazers Shakti to Return in 2023