Ravi Shankar

Paul McCartney and the pope are making 12/12/12 a day to remember

2012-12-12 08:44:00

Happy 12/12/12! Enjoy the quirky numerical day while it lasts because it won't happen again for another hundred years. (Or never if the Mayan Apocalypse actually happens) Possibly fueled by this unique bit of numerology, the Internet is buzzing with...

List of 2002 Grammy winners

2002-02-27 19:26:00

Newcomer Jones sweeps major Grammys

2003-02-24 00:00:00

Ex-Beatle George Harrison dies at 58

2001-11-30 12:13:00

Folk singer Richie Havens dies at 72

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Richie Havens, the New York City folk singer thrust by circumstance onto center stage as the opening act of Woodstock, the legendary 1969 music festival, has died. He was 72. He died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, N.J., according...

Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa blows through barriers at UCLA

2013-03-03 15:23:00

"It's very rare," alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa said while back-introducing the song "Abhogi" at� Royce Hall on Saturday night, further describing the piece as a South Indian raga that was also performed in the Hindustani tradition. "And of...

Grammys 2013: Live blogging all the pre-show winners

2013-02-10 16:13:00

It's brunch at the Grammys! Live updates from the pre-telecast. 4:10 p.m.: Final update from the pre-show: The 70th award this afternoon went to the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach for producer of the year. “Wow,” said Auerbach, who moments...

Mumford & Sons win big at Grammys

2013-02-10 20:59:00

Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy�Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year for "Babel." It was an event that even shocked the London folk-rockers. "We figured we weren't going to...

Pictures in the News | December 12, 2012

2012-12-12 10:54:11

Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends

2012-12-12 11:23:00

Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he...

Letters: Not your parents' Venice

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Re "Venice's new bloom," Column One, Dec. 11 When I moved to Venice almost 20 years ago, I still heard the occasional gunshot at night. My reaction was, "Yes, I am in Venice!" The edge of danger was part of Venice's charm. I'm in my late 50s, and when...

Letters: Sabotaging O.C.'s toll roads

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Re "State probes fiscal health of O.C. toll roads," Dec. 12 Thanks to Orange County's nearly 60 miles of toll roads, commuters have been able to make choices about travel for decades, paying a little extra fee for faster service. Los Angeles is now...

, the Beatle who became his most famous disciple and gave the Indian musician-composer unexpected pop-culture cachet. He was 92.

2012-12-20 12:42:26

Ravi Shankar, 92, who introduced Indian music to much of the Western world, died Tuesday at a hospital near his home in Encinitas. Stuart Wolferman, a publicist for his record label Unfinished Side Productions, said Shankar had undergone heart valve replacement surgery last week.

2012-12-14 17:04:58

: RIP Ravi Shankar, respect and love to his family.

2012-12-11 22:53:53