Contrary to popular beliefs, George Harrison was introduced to the sitar a while before meeting Pandit Ravi Shankar, even having played the instrument in the 1965 The Beatles‘ song Norwegian Wood.

The daughter of Ravi Shankar, a cross-cultural innovator who made Indian music popular throughout the world (his Western fans included a band called the Beatles), she first picked up the sitar at ...

"Wanna try a Beatles tunes? You want to try a Bob song ... and one from the Chants of India album called "Prabhuji," with ...

“I had just been turned on to Ravi Shankar by a friend in the States ... a teacher that he liked.” The Beatles’ early 1968 sojourn to India proved a veritable breeding ground for further ...