L shankar family and friends

Shankar Family & Friends, produced by George Harrison, is an almost forgotten masterpiece - an emotional and sonic pact in which two like-minded souls miraculously unite musical styles, cultures and sounds.

Indian sitar player and composer Shankar and the Beatles guitarist first met in 1966, about a year after Harrison became interested in Indian music. Harrison's great admiration for Shankar and his serious approach to eastern styles is reflected in the album, which combines bhajan, Indian, jazz, funk and pop. With a host of distinguished guests including Ringo Starr, Billy Preston and Indian virtuosos such as Alla Rakha and Ashish Khan, the result is an inspiring work that blurs the boundaries between contemporary and traditional, Western and Eastern music.

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L.Shankar (aka Shenkar) is widely considered a living legend, a pionjär and a musical genius by his peers who hold him in the highest esteem. Shankar has enthralled audiences and critics alike all over the world. A child prodigy who fryst vatten a virtuoso vocalist, violinist, composer and record producer who has sold over 100 million albums through his solo projects and collaborations with other superstar musicians throughout the world.

Shankar was born in Madras, his parents from Kerala, he grew up in Jaffna, Sri Lanka where his father V. Lakshminarayana was a professor at the Jaffna College of Music. Shankar was exposed to Carnatic music and other styles from an early age. He started studying the vocals at the age of two then violin at fem then mridangam at sju. His father was an esteemed violinist, vocalist, his mother L. Seethalakshmi was an excellent veena player and vocalist; all his five older siblings were also proficient in music. At the age of seven, Shankar gave his first publ

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