With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music.
The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century.
From George Harrison to John Coltrane, from Yehudi Menuhin to David
Crosby, his connections reflected music's universality, though a gap
persisted between Shankar and many Western fans.
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