Alla Rakha was an accomplished tabla player and a frequent accompanist of iconic sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar. “I was brought home and handed over to my dad in his arms. The tradition was ...

In many ways, he was the perfect successor to Ravi Shankar. In the 1960s, Ravi Shankar (with Alla Rakha) charmed the Woodstock and introduced a generation of westerners to Indian music.

Zakir was playing a concert with Ravi Shankar in Bombay. Suddenly Alla Rakha, tears in his eyes, whispered something to Ravi Shankar, who announced from the stage that the Padma Shree had been ...

The award was special for Hussain as it was also the first time when Pandit Ravi Shankar addressed Hussain ... My father, Ustad Allah Rakha, was also sitting in the front row.” ...

Qureshi, distinctly remembers the day Alla Rakha passed away in 2000. He recalls, "He was otherwise in good health, and only affected by small things that happen to someone of his age. He was 80. But ...

He Should've Lived Just To Inspire Us | EXCLUSIVE Alla Rakha, a tabla master himself, was a frequent collaborater of iconic sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. Many credit him for introducing tabla ...

It was at that time that he was addressed as 'Ustad' for the first time by Pandit Ravi Shankar. He received the ... My father, Ustad Allah Rakha, was also sitting in the front row." ...

Eight years ago, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had narrated how his father Alla Rakha had welcomed him into this world by putting the musical instrument's rhythms into his ears when asked to recite ...