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Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar (अनुष्का शंकर), b. June 9, 1981, is a sitar player and composer from India. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, and Sukanya Shankar. She began playing sitar under her fathers guidance at the age of nine and blossomed into a wonderful musician. She is becoming increasingly known for not only her recital work but for her own classical Indian compositions. When Anoushka was eight years old, her father began training her in the sitar. She gave a public performance at the age of thirteen; since then she has become a world famous sitar artist.

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Dr. L. Subramaniam

See duplicate last.fm listing under L. Subramaniam (http://www.last.fm/music/L.+Subramaniam) Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam (Subramaniam Lakshminarayanan, L. Subramaniam) (born on July 23, 1947) is an acclaimed Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music, and renowned for his virtuoso playing techniques and compositions in orchestral fusion.

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Atif Aslam

Atif Aslam (Urdu: عاطف اسلم) is a Pakistani musician. He was born in Wazirabad, Gujranwala, Pakistan and educated in Lahore and Rawalpindi. Atif attended High School at PAF College Lahore, where he played cricket and became interested in music. He attended PICS (Punjab Institute of Computer Science) to do his Bachelors in Computer Science (BCs). It was at PICS Lahore that he met guitarist and talented, young composer (like himself), Gohar Mumtaz.

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Heroine

It seems there are several bands / musicians using the name. One of them is Sebastian Mack from Germany, releasing his more quiet, at most times acoustic guitar music under this name. He also plays or played in Bodh Gaya, opah, gheeá and Your Army.

Niladri Kumar

Niladri Kumar is the son and disciple of Sitar Maestro Pandit Kartick Kumar, who is the senior most disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. Niladri Kumar started learning when he was four and gave his first performance at the age of six at the Aurobindo ashram in Pondicherry. Niladri is known for playing an electric 5-string sitar and utilizing distortions and loops in his performances. He calls his sitar a zitar and is in the process of patenting its design.

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Max Pashm

Max Pashm
“The ‘King of Falafel Techno’ leads a Jewish/Greek/Balkan collective in maximum mashed-up electronic beats and melodies from different traditions around the world.”
The Guardian Guide “Blistering Balkan beats and general nu-world trippiness from the highly danceable grooves of Max Pashm.”
Time Out “Sun-blushed, bouzouki-fuelled Med mix-up.”
fRoots Max Pashm first rose to fame in 1997 as one of the early pioneers of world fusion music, before the Balkan sound became omnipresent in Global Beats and World Music circles.

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Rajasthan Roots

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The Watchmakers

The Watchmakers are a Neo-Psychedelic band based in Manchester, England. Originally formed by Brothers Rich (Guitar, Vox) and Ian Maitland (Drums) – they took inspiration from classic '60s rock n roll alongside more post-modern influences such as The Brian Jonestown Massacre, BRMC, Primal Scream and The Verve before adding Adam Lewis (Guitar / Keys) & Chris Lyons (Bass) to the line up in 2012.

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अनुष्का शंकर

Anoushka Shankar (अनुष्का शंकर), b. June 9, 1981, is a sitar player and composer from India. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, and Sukanya Shankar. She began playing sitar under her fathers guidance at the age of nine and blossomed into a wonderful musician worthy of her father's name. She is becoming increasingly known for not only her recital work but for her own classical indian compositions.

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Kailash Kher

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