The tabla, a vital Indian percussion instrument, features two drums played with intricate techniques. Distinct schools, known as gharanas, have emerged, each emphasizing unique techniques and tonal ...

Sandeep Das, a Grammy-winning musician and internationally known master of the Indian tabla, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 14, at Rochester Institute of Technology. The concert, “Delhi to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India's tabla maestro Zakir Hussain plays tabla during a cultural program in the eastern Indian city of Patna on Dec. 19, 2008.

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced the tabla to global audiences, died Dec. 15 at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 73. The cause ...

The twin hand drum was developed in its current form about 300 years ago on the Indian subcontinent but the roots of the tabla may date to pre-Muslim, Arabia. The name comes from "tabl," the Arabic ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...

India is a country rich in tradition and skill. Be it the ancient dance forms that entertain and inform people even today, to the forms of ‘nataks’ and ‘jatras’ that show society a mirror, Indian art ...

Even for someone accustomed to the road less traveled, the next couple of dozen steps were daunting. So, David Courtney just sat as the rest of the passengers of the Air India flight into Bombay began ...

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died on Sunday in San Francisco, his management company confirmed. He was 73. Tabla, a percussion instrument, is one of the ...