But Shakti’s roots date back a couple years earlier to the Bay Area, when Hussain first met McLaughlin in 1971 at the Fairfax house of sarod master Ali Akbar Khan.

British six-string wizard John McLaughlin brings the latest version of his "global fusion" band Shakti with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain to Davies Symphony Hall for this SFJAZZ concert Saturday.

Shakti’s 50th anniversary is a Black Sabbath-free blast for co-founders John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain The pioneering band, which fuses Indian classical music and jazz improvisation, was ...

Shakti, featuring founding members John McLaughlin on guitar and Zakir Hussain on tabla, plus renowned vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, will play the Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., on Tuesday, August ...

Born in the mid-1970s out of the deep artistic and spiritual connection bonding British guitarist John McLaughlin and Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain, Shakti's cross-cultural musical ...

Hussain echoed that sentiment during a video chat from his home in Marin County, California. “The core element, when it comes to Shakti, whether it’s 1973 or 2023, is joy,” Hussain said.

Improvisational global music purveyors, Shakti, have announced the release of the impending live LP, Mind Explosion: 50th Anniversary Tour Live, due on July 26, 2025, via Abstract Logix.The set ...

Live Review Shakti 50th Anniversary Tour at Hill Auditorium. by C. Andrew Hovan September 27, 2023. Shakti Hill Auditorium University Musical Society's 145th Annual Season Ann Arbor, Michigan ...

Shakti, an unprecedented transcontinental collaboration between visionary tabla player Zakir Hussain and British guitarist and jazz fusion pioneer John McLaughlin, have announced a forthcoming ...

Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain, V. Selvaganesh, and Ganesh Rajagopalan of Shakti, winners of the "Global Music Album" award for "This Moment", pose in the press room at the 66th GRAMMY Awards at ...