The Beatles weren't afraid to push the boundaries of pop music. A 1965 helped introduce their audience to Indian music via ...

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar and The Beatles had a meaningful relationship. Without Shankar’s influence, The Beatles might not have experimented with new sounds. George first heard Indian music in ...

George Harrison used a sitar on a song from The Beatles’ Rubber Soul. He said the sitar wasn’t good. A famous sitar played had mixed feelings on the song in question. “So you know, they just thought, ...

A traditional Indian instrument used by George Harrison to record a Beatles song has sold for over £53,000. Harrison bought the 4ft long sitar from a small Oxford Street shop named Indiacraft between ...

Do you know that during the recording of the Beatles' iconic song 'Norwegian Wood', one of the strings of the sitar played by George Harrison broke leaving him with no clue about how to replace it ...

Hidden amongst the groundbreaking sitar and maturing lyricism of the Beatles’ 1965 track “Norwegian Wood” are surprisingly sordid and violent details of an extramarital affair that turned violent. A ...

A sitar used by musician George Harrison, purportedly during the recording of The Beatles’ Norwegian Wood, was auctioned for $62,500 (approximately Rs 40 lakh) in the United States, BBC reported on ...

The sitar George Harrison used in the recording of “Norwegian Wood” has been sold for $62,500 in the United States. “This is the only sitar by the Beatles that’s ever been released to auction and it’s ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Do you know that during the recording of the Beatles’ iconic song ‘Norwegian Wood’, one of the strings of the sitar played by George Harrison broke, leaving him with no clue about how to replace it ...