© 2024 KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area
KALW Public Media / 91.7 FM Bay Area
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

His sitar gently weeps…...

There have been other musical greats in India. But Ravi Shankar was different. He made my life in America immeasurably easier because he, and his fellow musician Ali Akbar Khan, exposed America to people like me and our culture. As a friend said he was our soft power – in stereo. He was the West’s Discovery of India.