Yet we are grateful for the times he gave us and what he left behind in the form of his art. Goodbye and thank you,” Haasan wrote. In a career that spanned over six decades, Zakir Hussain worked ...

His sarod bears the sweetness of the legendary Maihar-Senia tradition, which makes Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumdar stand in a ...

A montage of some of the musicians who died in 2024. For a more complete list, visit NPR Music's article on musicians we lost ...

FADEL: Bassist Phil Lesh was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, and he wrote one of their signature songs ... Here's another great percussionist, Zakir Hussain, a master of the tabla, the Indian ...

NEW YORK: Zakir Hussain was laid to rest on Thursday at a San Francisco cemetery as renowned percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a ...

And on that note, there’s still time for you to fill out this submission form and tell me all about ... the peerless tabla musician Zakir Hussain died at 73. “Throughout the years,” wrote ...

Ustad Zakir Hussain (Illustration: Varani Sahu) The Taj Mahal tea campaign featuring Zakir Hussain was almost an accident. We (Dharen Chadha, our planning director, and I) were pretty clear that ...

Sometime in the 1970s, Zakir Hussain, a young and rising tabla virtuoso ... Masters and their disciples were devoted to a signature playing method, compositions, styles, and rhythm of a tabla ...

his signature carrying a cheeky hint of his tablas. Sukhadia shared a picture he had taken in 2008 of Ali Akbar Khan with his arms around the two tabla greats, Swapan Chaudhuri and Zakir Hussain.

Music lovers will remember Zakir Hussain for the body of work he has left behind ... invented World Music before the term was born." The signature of Hussain’s mastery created several memorable ...

Zakir Hussain is not just a tabla maestro; he is a global cultural icon, a brand that transcends the boundaries of music. With his impeccable artistry, magnetic stage presence, and deep-rooted ...