Hindustan Times

Tabla will never sound like this ever again: Shankar Mahadevan remembers Zakir Hussain

It was just earlier this year that they were celebrating their Grammy win on the international stage for their collaboration on "This Moment", which won the best global music album award. Hussain, ...
NPR

Legendary tabla virtuoso who defied genres dies at 73

Tabla master Zakir Hussain died yesterday. He shaped modern world music with the Indian hand drum that has a unique sound that dates back hundreds of years. NPR's Ryland Barton reports Hussain's ...
The Hindu

A sound experiment with the tabla and djembe

It’s not every day that the tabla and the djembe combine to produce an album. That’s exactly what percussionists Bickram Ghosh and Taufiq Qureshi did recently with RamTa, their latest collection of ...
The Express Tribune

Fusion music: Jazz, tabla and violins meld into a unique sound

Jazz takes on an entirely new dimension when combined with the melodious tunes of the violin and the soft thumps of the tabla. About 50 people got to experience this fusion first-hand at a two-day ...
moneycontrol.com

Shankar Mahadevan remembers Zakir Hussain, says, "Tabla will never sound like this ever again"

Shankar Mahadevan fondly remembered his Shakti bandmate, Zakir Hussain, describing him as a unique blend of musical knowledge, skill, and stage charisma. He highlighted how Hussain was a significant ...