Artist: Shankar Genre(s):
Jazz
Ethnic
Other
Rock
Discography:
Raga Aberi Year: 1995
Tracks: 8
Soul Searcher Year: 1994
Tracks: 1
Nobody Told Me Year: 1989
Tracks: 3
Vision Year: 1984
Tracks: 5
Who's To Know Year:
Tracks: 2
Pancha Nadai Pallavi Year:
Tracks: 2
M.R.C.S. Year:
Tracks: 9
Eternal Light Year:
Tracks: 5
Shankar, a violinist, vocaliser and composer, teaches Indian Classical styles by incorporating them into Western musics. He has worked with many Western musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed. He low gear began vocal lessons at the age of iI, violin lessons at five, and drumming lessons at septet. After receiving a doctor's degree in ethnomusicology, he co-formed (with British composer Caroline) a pop/rock group in 1982, the Epidemics. The ring has released terzetto albums: The Epidemics, Do What You Do and Eye Catcher.
The deuce likewise cultivate in an Indian foursome with Shankar's father, V. Lakshminarayana, and his sister, Gana Rao. The group's four-spot albums ar Panca Nadai Pallavi, Galaxy,
Nobody Told Me and
Soul Searcher.
Shankar likewise co-founded Shakti with John McLaughlin; the deuce released Shakti,
Handful of Beauty and Natural Elements. His deuce solo albums are
Meet Me There (produced by Frank Zappa) and Who's to Know.
SAG chief risks striking sour note