While the sitar had earlier been used in jazz and Indian film music, it was from the 1960s onwards that various pop artists in the Western world began...

during the mid-to-late 1960s set a trend for the use of the sitar in Western popular music, with the instrument appearing on tracks by bands such as the...

Although music based around the sitar would later spread from jazz to more popular music via The Beatles, the sitar became more widely known in the western...

violin Sitar in jazz Sitar in popular music "Star's Electric Sitar". Quest International Ltd. Retrieved 2017-11-25. "The Worlds First Electric Sitar". Danelectro...

pop music with a pronounced Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar, tambura...

guitar, double-tracked sitar Ringo Starr – tambourine, bass drum, maracas, finger cymbals "4th Time Around" Sitar in popular music The musical score for...

Indian instruments such as sitar in their songs. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, rock and roll fusions with Indian music were well known throughout...

Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of North Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century...

Creamer, keyboardists Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Harold Williams, sitar player Collin Walcott, bassist Michael Henderson, and percussionists Billy...

stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments...

Vallabhacharya were the pioneers in spreading this music tradition in Varanasi. Notable musicians of Varanasi include the iconic sitar player Ravi Shankar, the...

first album, Ananda Shankar, in 1970, with original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits, The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin'...

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range...

hand. In modern times the veena has been generally replaced with the sitar in North Indian performances. The South Indian Saraswati veena, used in Carnatic...

part on electric guitar to emulate the sitar. A contemporary review described it as an "oriental touch", and music writers have identified Beck's contribution...

music, and is also used to refer to Indian classical music in general. It is played on instruments like the veena, sitar and sarod. It originated in the...

of combining his classical sitar music with rock, pop and jazz. He has received critical acclaim from jazz and world music writers and audiences. His...

of non-traditional music of Punjab originating from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. It is a type of upbeat popular music associated with the...

through his interest in Bob Dylan and the Byrds, and towards Indian classical music through his use of Indian instruments, such as the sitar, which he had become...

American popular music (also referred to as "American Pop") is popular music produced in the United States and is a part of American pop culture. Distinctive...

singers is popular hits. The third normal round (Final Normal Round）was broadcast live on 28 June 2024 at 20:00 CST. The final substitute singer Sitar Tan from...

instrumentation such as sitar and tabla. Following Harrison's introduction of the sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" in 1965, it was the first...

Ustad Imdad Khan (1848 – 1920) was a sitar and surbahar player. He was the first sitar player ever to be recorded. Imdad Khan is considered one of the...

prominent sitar player and a Sufi singer belongs to the Senia Gharana. Number of other gharanas are present in Pakistan which serve classical music. Some...

Indian music with synth was pretty noble. For Ananda to break away from the traditional use of the sitar was brave ... No one had done that in this way...

exposure to diverse music. Inspiration is drawn from traditional Indian popular music and western rock. A fusion of styles is evident in their self-produced...

educate rock and pop audiences in aspects of Indian music. Having incorporated sitar, tanpura, swarmandal, dilruba and tabla in his work with the Beatles,...

He was known for his music on the sitar and also helped to bring Indian classical music to the West by collaborating with popular Western artists Yehudi...

Indian instruments (e.g. the sitar, the sarod, the sarangi and the rudra veena) contain a drone. For example, the sitar features three or four resonating...

performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related...