Norah Jones hasn't said much publicly about the death of Ravi Shankar, but then the singer-songwriter has always been circumspect about her influential father and their relationship, usually described in press reports as "distant."
"My dad's music touched millions of people. He will be greatly missed by me and music lovers everywhere," reads the brief statement Jones issued this morning through her record label. MORE HERE
Ravi Shankar gave just a little over a month back what was to be his final public performance, billed as a celebration of his tenth decade of creating music.
For the 92-year-old musician, who had suffered from upper-respiratory and heart issues over the past year performing, and especially touring, became increasingly difficult in recent months, the Ravi Shankar Foundation said in a statement.
"However, health couldn't prevent Shankar from performing with his daughter, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, on November 4, 2012 in Long Beach, California," it said. MORE HERE
More Tributes HERE
Gun n' Roses dedicated New Delhi performance to Ravi Shankar MORE HERE
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