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Remembering Ravi Shankar, the ‘Godfather of World Music’

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

George Harrison famously called Ravi Shankar the “Godfather of World Music.” For children of the multicultural age, the late Shankar was something of a father figure.

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