It was just earlier this year that they were celebrating their Grammy win on the international stage for their collaboration on "This Moment", which won the best global music album award. Hussain, ...

This month, from March 13th through April 12th, the folks at Machine Project are hosting Tablacentric-- an entire month devoted to the concept and feel of not the snare drum, not the piano, but yet ...

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 ...

Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain’s death has let a void that will, perhaps not be filled in this lifetime. The legend, who took the percussion instrument to the world stage died from heart-related ailments ...

It’s not every day that the tabla and the djembe combine to produce an album. That’s exactly what percussionists Bickram Ghosh and Taufiq Qureshi did recently with RamTa, their latest collection of ...

Shankar Mahadevan fondly remembered his Shakti bandmate, Zakir Hussain, describing him as a unique blend of musical knowledge, skill, and stage charisma. He highlighted how Hussain was a significant ...