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Indian Sun: the Life and Music Of Ravi Shankar
[Paperback - 2021]
oliver craske
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Publisher: Faber And Faber Uk | ISBN: 9780571350865 | Pages: 528
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A Times , Spectator , TLS and BBC Music Magazine Book of the Year'Fascinating.' Guardian'Superlative.' The Times'Definitive.' ObserverAs an icon of India, Ravi Shankar ranks not far below Gandhi or the Taj Mahal. He was one of the twentieth century's most important musicians, the breadth of his impact reflected in those he George Harrison, John Coltrane, Philip Glass and Yehudi Menuhin, to name a few.In this first biography of Ravi Shankar, Oliver Craske presents a full portrait of the man and the artist, painting a vivid picture of the public and private faces of a captivating, restless workaholic who lived an intense and extraordinary life across ninety-two years.'A masterly chronicle of a life teeming with all-too-human incident but heavenly inspiration.' The Times

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I am the author of Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar (Faber & Faber/Hachette USA), the first biography of India's maestro of the sitar; and of Rock Faces (Rotovision), a survey of leading music photographers.Books I have contributed to as editor include Ravi Shankar's Raga Mala (Genesis/Element), The Beatles Anthology (Chronicle), and John Robb’s Punk Rock: An Oral History (Ebury).For over 25 years I have worked in publishing, editing non-fiction books on music, art, photography, sport or heritage subjects.As a writer, I’m particularly intrigued by the way that artists are formed by, and shape, the times and places they live in – that strange, complex dance between art and history.

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