Schooled from birth in an ancient instrument, Zakir Hussain always wanted to rock. He found a way to do both after George Harrison gave him some... The Tabla Master Who Jammed With The Grateful Dead ...

Zakir Hussain performs at the Further Festival, July 1996, in Veneta, Oregon - Redferns/Getty Images Zakir Hussain, who has died aged 73, was a master tabla player whose virtuosity carried his fame ...

Third Coast Percussion gives the L.A. premiere of Zakir Hussain's last major work, "Murmurs of Time," at the Nimoy, a final ...

He introduced the tabla — a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music — to global audiences. Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical ...

Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000), popularly known as Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla player who specialized in Hindustani classical music. He was a frequent accompanist of ...

The tabla master Zakir Hussain died yesterday. He shaped modern world music with the Indian hand drum that has a unique sound that dating back centuries. Hussain's talents bridged cultures and genres, ...

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 ...

For nearly five decades Alla Rakha has mesmerised audiences the world over with his consummate mastery of rhythms and beats. And he has raised tabla-playing to a rare level of artistic expression. His ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — 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 ...

The music of India is an enigma to many Western listeners. To some, it recalls the Beatles and Ravi Shankar; to others it is pleasant, atmospheric, but ultimately incomprehensible; and to still others ...

All this week,Morning Editionis talking about drums and drummers. For the fourth installment in "Beat Week," David Greene spoke with a master of an ancient tradition who has played with some of the ...