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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tabla player Salar Nader performs with the Third Coast Percussion ensemble at the Nimoy Theatre in Westwood on Saturday, Dec. 6, ...

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The tabla produces musical harmony like a string instrument, something physics said was impossible for drums. CV Raman's 1920 ...

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died on Sunday in San Francisco, his management company confirmed. He was 73. Tabla, a percussion instrument, is one of the ...

The twin hand drum was developed in its current form about 300 years ago on the Indian subcontinent but the roots of the tabla may date to pre-Muslim, Arabia. The name comes from "tabl," the Arabic ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced the tabla to global audiences, died Dec. 15 at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 73. The cause ...

Suddenly and without warning, Sandeep Das realized he’d traversed the vast Silk Road while sitting in an auditorium evaluating the three student ensembles he’d spent the day coaching. It wasn’t ...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.

Zakir Hussain is one of the world's most in demand percussionists. From his collaborations with jazz greats Charles Lloyd and Herbie Hancock to his explorations with the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, ...

Ustaad Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest tabla players and pioneer of Indian classical music, died last month. He was a revolutionary in music that transcended borders, playing with jazz, ...