[ansel12]

I owned at least one of his albums, but never really got into it.

[mylife]

At least we still have Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam.

[Slings and Arrows]

A brilliant musician. May he rest in peace.

[P.O.E.]

Before there was techno and raves and space rock - there was Ravi Shankar.

He was quite the artist, and always seemed to be having a good time.

First heard of him when “Monterrey Pop” hit our local movie theater back in the day.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xi3l62_ravi-shankar-festival-monterey-pop-1967_music

[Olog-hai]

Didn’t know Norah Jones was his daughter until today. RIP . . .

[BunnySlippers]

Died in So Cal.

[expat1000]

He will be missed.

[dfwgator]

Ravi's greatest contribution

[political1]

“bing bing boing boing weyow weyow bing bing.” Now one of his numbers went on like this for almost twenty minutes. Then afterwards he bowed to the crowd with his hands together. I watched the video, and tried to understand what the fascination was. I do have to say he did seem at peace with himself and his environment. I guess that is all a lot of us can ask for. So I will say, ‘Rest in Peace Ravi.’

[Argus]

Vincent Bell is still with us.

[Dajjal]

Requiescat in pace.

[Erasmus]

I managed to see Mr Shankar in recital, and on another occaision Ali Akhbar Khan, the sarodist. I see that Mr Khan has also passed away, at an advanced age, a few years ago.

If your recording does not contain any formal, evening Ragas, give them a try. I have one in particular back in my LP collection in which the sitarist and the drummer on the tabla or tanpura (I forget which) engage in an incredible give-and-take to end the piece.

[Jyotishi]

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the phenomenon

Rediff
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-pandit-ravi-shankar-the-phenomenon/20121212.htm

[ResponseAbility]

Have some still sealed Ravi Shankar albums, and some that are unsealed. The unsealed ones are why rest are still sealed...

This is said in jest because there is some of his music I really enjoy. His music was ever so slightly westernized when he worked with the Beatles yet he was content to stay with his cultural style. I still prefer the westernized stuff.

[TChad]

Another star passes. R.I.P.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

RIP, Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Full Circle

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Celtic Conservative]

Ravi also had to other semi famous relatives. one is a big name in Indian soap operas and then there's Naren Shankar who was a writer for Star Trek: TNG.

CC

[EveningStar]

I probably still have the vinyl of the West Meets East Ravi Shankar - Yehudi Menuhin somewhere. I see that YouTube has several selections from the album.

[muawiyah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugIbmTKrcHc&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9CPjKgW3JloeIgXbY3Uiy0E ~ this is a play list of all the good stuf ~ raga after raga. Always enjoyed his stuff then found myself blind and still able to use the computer to ‘get around’ so i played everything of his i could find on the net and found it comforting ~ makes you see things you didn’t think could be seen ~ been thinking of him lately wondering if he’d had a new release somewhere ~ will miss ol’ Ravi ~ my kinda’ sitar player.