American Songwriter

Zakir Hussain, Tabla Player Who Worked with George Harrison and Others, Dead at 73

Zakir Hussain, a musician and teacher, has died at the age of 73. He passed away on Sunday, December 15, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis according to his family. Hussain was a virtuoso tabla player ...
WGBH

Remembering legendary Indian tabla player Ustaad Zakir Hussain

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, ...
NBC Bay Area

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...
The New York Times

Zakir Hussain, Tabla Virtuoso Who Fused Musical Traditions, Dies at 73

His collaborators included John McLaughlin, Béla Fleck, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Grateful Dead. By Jon Pareles Zakir Hussain, a percussionist and composer who was both ...
NPR

Tabla player Badal Roy, known for his cutting-edge jazz collaborations, dies at 82

Badal Roy, a tabla player who worked with both Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman as they explored trailblazing electric sounds, died on January 18. He was 82. His death was confirmed to NPR by his niece ...

Bangladesh unrest: Acted mute to save myself - Indian tabla player recalls trauma

Indian musicians Mainak Biswas and Kallab Ghosh faced intense anxiety in Dhaka after their concert was cancelled. Trapped for ...