Ravi Shankar marks 50 years of concerts

Title

Ravi Shankar marks 50 years of concerts

Genre

Interview

TX Date

15 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:42

Description

Ravi Shankar, Bengali Indian sitar player and guru of the 60’s interviewed by Carol Allen on his relationship with the UK; his musical theatre ballet (on drugs) celebrating his fiftieth year of giving concerts; his opposition to drugs and his new album recorded inside the Kremlin. For AM programme

Contributors

Carol Allen; Ravi Shankar

Keywords

Music; Anniversary celebrations; UK; USSR; Concert tours; Illegal drugs; Musical theatre; Narcotic drugs; George Harrison; Mikhail Gorbachev; AM (radio programme); Ravi Shankar; Indian classical music; Uday Shankar

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