For the second time in two weeks, we sadly lost a true music legend and icon when Ravi Shankar passed away at the age of 92 yesterday. Lauded as the 'godfather of world music', there probably wasn't another artist who did more for bringing Indian classical music to the western world, influencing many great musicians like John & Alice Coltrane (who named their son, Ravi Coltrane, after the sitar master), The Beatles (especially George Harrison), Arthur Russell, David Crosby, John McLaughlin, Don Cherry, and others.
He was a great spirit who will be deeply missed.
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