Ravi Shankar

Poetry for the 99 Percent

Ru Freeman | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: National Poetry Month, Mitali Perkins, Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, Ravi Shankar, Yarn, Alisa Libby, Y/a Literature, Donald Justice, Books News
Ru Freeman

Many of them admitted to me that it was not easy to write a poem for a large project in which they were just one piece of the puzzle. For many, this was their first foray into writing for a Y/A audience, as well. They took enormous creative leaps.

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'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Revisiting the Monterey International Pop Festival Through A Perfect Haze

Holly Cara Price | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Bob Weir, Rock Festivals, Santa Monica Press, Kenneth Kubernik, Monterey International Pop Festival, Alex Gibney, Lou Adler, Zeitgeist, Magic Trip, Roger Daltrey, New Books, Ravi Shankar, Al Kooper, Pop Culture, D.A. Pennebaker, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Big Brother & the Holding Company, The Who, Woodstock, Altamont, Booker T. Jones, Harvey Kubernik, Books News, Book Publishing, Alison Ellwood, Ken Kesey, Simon & Garfunkel, Hippies, Music News, Counterculture, Steve Cropper, 1967, Sixties, Monterey Pop, Merry Pranksters, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Books News
Holly Cara Price

The Monterey International Pop Festival took place at such a guileless time that the promoters used the word "pop" in its title. Not long after this would have been unthinkable, after the lines were drawn between "pop" music and rock and roll.

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George Harrison (Feb. 25, 1943--Nov. 29, 2001): A Life Remembered in Words and Songs

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Ravi Shankar, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Yoga, Music, Hinduism, Spirituality, Culture News
John W. Whitehead

Harrison left behind an amazing legacy, one that not only spanned a legendary musical career that began with the Beatles and continued throughout his solo career, but also went beyond the cultural to the spiritual.

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Chats With George Benson, John McLaughlin, Fred Schneider of The B-52's, and L.A. Guns' Tracii Guns, Plus Lisa Hannigan's New Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Fight Club, Eric Clapton, Lifetime, Tracii Guns, Mitch Mitchell, Grant Green, The Eagles, Snuff, Sly and the Family Stone, Ravi Shankar, Miles Davis, Sarah Palin, The 4th Dimension, Billy Joel, Tony White, L.A. Guns, The Beatles, Charlie Matthau, The Surperions, Soupy Sales, Kate Pierson, Axl Rose, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Smith, Elton John, Cindy Wilson, Lisa Hannigan, The Velvet Underground, David Byrne, Morbid Angel, Harvey Mason, John McLaughlin, Madonna, Freaky Deaky, Chuck Palahniuk, Stacey Blades, Paul McCartney, George Benson, Patti Smith, Nat King Cole, Ricky Wilson, John Mayall, Keith Strickland, Noel Redding, Nikki Sixx, Fred Schneider, Walter Matthau, Chuck Berry, Katy Perry, Mojo, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Elmore Leonard, Herbie Hancock, Zakir Hussain, B-52's, Jack Johnson, Abstract Logix, Lady GaGa, Larry Young, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Guns N' Roses, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Ravi Shankar: A Life Of Sound And Spirit

Varun Soni | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Hinduism, Ravi Shankar 90th Birthday Concert, Hindu Music, Hindu Americans, Ravi Shankar Sitar, Sacred Sounds, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Impact of Ravi Shankar, Religion News
Varun Soni

With the rise of Indian gurus coming to the United States in the 1960s, Shankar emerged as the musical counterpart to their spiritual teachings.

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India's Booming Spiritual Business (VIDEO)

Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: India, Ravi Shankar, Video, Art of Living, Indian Spirituality Business, Spirituality Business in India, Spirituality in India, India Spirituality, India's Booming Spiritual Business, Religion News

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Mass Meditating For World Peace: 70,000 Gather At World Culture Festival

Lisa Cleary | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Sri Sri Shankar, Art of Living, Meditation Event, Mass Meditation, Meditation, Ravi Shankar, Ravi Shankar Meditation Event, World Culture Festival, Berlin Meditation Event, Religious Tolerance, Religion News
Lisa Cleary

"It is time to celebrate the differences and celebrate life on this planet. With all the volunteers, we are sure we can create a stress-free, violence-free society for our children," summed up Ravi Shankar at the festival.

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Kolkata: Summertime on Sudder St.

Zachary Stockill | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Tagore, Satyajit Ray, Sudder St., India, Backpackers, Kolkata, Ravi Shankar, Travel News
Zachary Stockill

India's poverty is no more visible in Kolkata than any other major city, though still it maintains this damning reputation in certain quarters through media, myth, and rumor.

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Sacred Music Traditions Of The World (VIDEOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sacred Music, Buddhist Chant, World Religions, Sacred Steel, International Festival of Sacred Music, Ravi Shankar, Christian Music, Hindu Devotional Music, Shye Ben Tzur, Jewish Music, Indian Classical Music, Religious Music, Slidepollajax, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Music and Religion, Religion News

There is something -- well, everything, really -- about that spiritual experience that is ineffable and eternally elusive. It's no wonder, then, that ...

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Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC's Indo-American Arts Council

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, Pakistan, Salaam Bombay!, Punjabi, Sundaram Tagore, Hindus, Mira Nair, Sesame Street India, Indian Diaspora, Oiww, Bengali, Sikhs, Indian Consulate New York, Mumbai, Indian Classical Music, Aroon Shivdasani, Christians, New York Philharmonic, Jeffrey Sachs, Iona College, Indian Independence, Slumdog Millionaire, Barack Obama, Spanglish, U.S.S.R., Parsis, British, Danny Boyle, Amelia, Upper East Side, M.F.Husain, Broadway, Mahatma Gandhi, Ravi Shankar, Cold War, Hindi, 1947, Vishakha Desai, Indra Nooyi, Global Citizen, Doris Day, Isheeta Ganguly, Telugu, North America, Earth Institute, Salman Rushdie, Manvendra Singh Gohil, Indian-Americans, Urdu, Harold and Kumar, Buddhists, United States, Asia Society, Non-Aligned Nations, Queens, Indo-American Arts Council, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, Royal House of Rajpipla, India Unveiled, Daily Kos, Thought Leader, Tamil, Mississippi Masala, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Haitian Earthquake Relief, Muslims, Nuclear Weapon State, Baha'is, Bollywood, Zubin Mehta, Orphans International Worldwide, Sanjay Gupta, Jains, Gujarati, Indo-Americans, New York News
Jim Luce

Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half he...

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19th Century Musical Geniuses Who Loved Homeopathy

Dana Ullman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pete Townshend, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Homeopathic Remedies, Living News, Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Tina Turner, Roger Daltrey, Dizzy Gillespie, Ravi Shankar, Sir Paul McCartney, Music, Homeopathy, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Dana Ullman

Homeopathy gained popularity due to its impressive successes in treating the infectious disease epidemics of the 19th century, not just typhoid, but also cholera, scarlet fever, yellow fever, flu.

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Cursing In Tyler Texas, a Grievous Offense?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Second Contribution, Beatles, Adirondacks, Curses, Bergfeld Park Amphitheater, Texas, Ravi Shankar, Curse Words, Shawn Phillips, Tyler, Afghanistan, Iraq, Healthy Living News
Carol Hoenig

Maybe the angry father has his own big issues that bother him, but he would do better teaching his children about justice and loving one's neighbor instead of making curse words the enemy.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Winter, Country Joe McDonald, Third Eye Blind, Melanie, Martin Scorsese, John Sebastian, Mountain, Paul Kingsbury, Ravi Shankar, Chip Monck, Joan Baez, The Butterfield Blues Band, Bee Gees, Rober Altman, Sha Na Na, Pete Townshend, The Flaming Lips, Andy Zax, The Who, Abbie Hopffman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly & the Family Stone, Oklahoma, Woodstock, Kimya Dawson, Michael Lang, Incredible String Band, Bruce Pollock, Oklahoma Central University, John Morris, Jerry Garcia, Max Yasgur, Crosby Stills & Nash, Scott Booker, Andy Gibb, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Canned Heat, Michael Wadleigh, Jeffrey Shurtleff, Yasgur's Farm, Tim Hardin, Country Joe & the Fish, Grace Slick, Holly George-Warren, Education, The Grateful Dead, Mike Evans, Entertainment News, Rolling Stone, Blood Sweat & Tears, Itunes, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Academy of Contemporary Music, Quill, Sweetwater, Apache Rapper, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Built on the whole School of Rock phenomenon, the University of Central Oklahoma has a new music division that teaches all aspects of popular music such as performance, production and business affairs.

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New Tunes On Monday: George Harrison, Rob Thomas, Among The Oak & Ash, and Survivor (Kind Of) Plays Jeremy's Wedding

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Fairport Convention, Lauren Agnelli, Jason Mraz, Sony Legacy, Melanie Safka, Rob Thomas, Melanie, Patty Smyth, Hall & Oates, Dave Bickler, Ravi Shankar, Josh Joplin, Krishna, Joe Hill, Garrison Starr, Nickel Creek, Peter, Among the Oak & Ash, Apple Records, Billy Preston, John Mayer, The Beatles, Leon Russell, Bruce Jay Paskow, The Washington Squares, Bruce Hornsby, Tracy Chapman, Hal David Starlight Award, Simon & Garfunkel, Survivor, George Harrison, Ian & Sylvia, The Concert for Bangladesh, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Cars, Gin Blossoms, Jimi Jamison, John Lennon, Budweiser, Matchbox Twenty, Ringo Starr, Coldplay, Dark Horse Records, Paul & Mary, Thomas Dolby, Tom Goodkind, Biko, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The new collection Let It Roll/Songs By George Harrison is going to thrill those waiting for an album that combines his solo Apple recordings with Beatles titles and tracks from the Dark Horse years.

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A 40th Bite of the Apple

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackie Lomax, Doris Troy, Ronnie Spector, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ravi Shankar, Joe Garagiola, Business, Brian Epstein, Billy Preston, Apple Records, The Beatles, John Lennon, Entertainment, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Mary Hopkin, Elephant's Memory, Neil Aspinall, James Taylor, Twiggy, Badfinger, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With the exception of Motown and Atlantic, there is no other catalog with as high a profile or cultural and historical significance as The Beatles' label, Apple Corps.

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