Bollywood also gave quite a few hits that are great for Lohri festivities. Veer Zaara's Lohri song very beautifully captures ...

Hussain was taught to play the instrument at the age of ... the musician was touring by age 12 and performing alongside India’s classical music legends during his teens. By 18, he was winning ...

Tabla, a percussion instrument, is one of the essential ingredients of Indian classical music − and Hussain was ... Hussain learned to play from his father at a young age. Described in the ...

Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman introduces the Bharat Maestro Awards to honor Indian classical music legends and nurture ...

When I watched Zakir Hussain play at the SFJazz festival ... set up schools and studios in the West. Ambassadors of Indian classical music, they were also trying to expand its horizons.

By Jon Pareles Zakir Hussain, a percussionist and composer who was both a master of North Indian classical music and a linchpin of far-reaching world-music fusions, died on Sunday in San Francisco.