The popularity of the tabla can be traced to the reign of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah Rangeela, but there are various ...

The world of music has lost a luminary, a tabla virtuoso whose contributions to both North Indian classical music and global ...

Hybrid-style tabla master Zakir Hussain’s recent passing sparks memories of an enchanted, documented Lobero night.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Renowned tabla virtuoso Zakir ... Hussain’s illustrious six-decade career was marked by groundbreaking collaborations. His 1973 project Shakti with John McLaughlin, L ...

Hussain, who died Dec. 15 at age 73 in San Francisco of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, was regarded as the ...

India, a country of 140 crore people doesn’t have a dearth of talent. Yet, in this massive sea of humanity and diversity that ...

As the son of legendary tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain not only carried forward his father’s legacy but also ...

Ratan Tata, Liam Payne, Alexei Navalny, OJ Simpson, Maggie Smith, Rohit Bal, Quincy Jones, Zakir Hussain, and Manmohan Singh.

“I am Zakir Hussain,” he introduced himself ... he played with iconic musicians such as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. They all ...

Hussain is one of the most celebrated performers in the history of Indian classical music. He also found success in Western ...