I'm told he made 95 albums, but I only have three of them. He composed 4,000 tunes; I've probably heard 30 of them, and yet Ali Akbar Khan brought such joy to my life. The song you're hearing is ...
His 80th birthday is being celebrated tomorrow with a daylong tribute from teachers and students of his Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael. For 35 years, he's shared with them the beauty and ...
Legendary Indian musician and former UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Adjunct Professor Ali Akbar Khan died on June 18 at his home in San Anselmo, Calif. He was 87. One of the world’s most accomplished ...
Sitting cross-legged in a thickly carpeted room on the second floor of a nondescript San Rafael house, Alam Khan introduces a new song to his vocal class. "This is a late night raga," he says, ...