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Shankar

The musical traditions of southern India have already been coupled with world influences by violinist and vocalist L. Shankar (blessed Lakshminarayana Shankar). A founding person in influential middle-’70s Indo-Brit root base group, Shakti, with McLaughlin, Shankar is constantly on the explore methods to bridge different civilizations through music. Furthermore to …

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Lakshminarayana Shankar

Lakshminarayana Shankar, a violinist, vocalist, and composer, shows Indian Classical designs by incorporating them into American musics. He provides found an appropriate design that melds and combines traditional Indian affects and jazz gadgets. He transferred to America in 1969, ultimately gained a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan, where he started …

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