Shakti fans in India, rejoice! The ‘This Moment’ vinyl and cd are now available in limited quantities on Amazon India. ...more
Shreyanka Mazumdar writes: The fourth edition of the CNN-News18 marquee leadership conclave — Rising Bharat Summit 2024 — is being ...more
Grammy Winning musician Shankar Mahadevan has been given a double honorary doctorate by DY Patil (Deemed to be University) for ...more
See the interview in The Economic Times. ...more
In what added another feather to India’s cap this year was the country’s musicians winning big at the Grammy Awards. ...more
Swetha Kannan writes: Ganesh Rajagopalan, the violinist of Shakti band, talks about the making of the album ‘This Moment’ that ...more
Ratnalekha Mazumdar writes: Fusion band Shakti is composed of Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, V. Selvaganesh and Ganesh Rajagopalan. ...more
Samarpita Das writes: The year 2024 began on a culturally significant note for India. The Indian band Shakti made the ...more
Dese Gowda writes: Fresh off his Grammy win for the album ‘This Moment’, Selvaganesh recalls his family’s push to take ...more
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who is celebrating winning three Grammys at its 66th edition, explains why he was missing from ...more
Indian band Shakti made the country proud at the Grammys this year. Did you know violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan was confident ...more
Manish Sain writes: NEW DELHI: Percussionist V Selvaganesh says fusion band Shakti, which last month won the Grammy for its ...more
Anurag Tagat writes: Shakti’s violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan talks about the joys of being part of a Grammy winning Indian band. ...more
Percussionist V Selvaganesh says fusion band Shakti, which last month won the Grammy for its latest album, has inspired many ...more
Keerti Kadam writes: Celebrated fusion band ‘#Shakti’, led by maestros #ZakirHussain ji and #JohnMcLaughlin, clinched the Grammy for ‘#BestGlobalMusicAlbum’ with ...more
Narendra Kusnur writes: He will turn 73 in March and he has just won three Grammys. But that is not ...more
India shone at the 2024 Grammy Awards with five Indian musicians, including tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and flautist Rakesh Chaurasia, ...more
“The atmosphere at the Grammys was electric,” says Shankar Mahadevan John McLaughlin, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, V. Selvaganesh and ...more
Debarati S. Sen writes: Singer Shankar Mahadevan on how he gets his best start for a productive day, compositions and ...more
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay writes: The legendary band’s 2024 Grammy win for Best Global Music Album proves the power and popularity ...more
Ganesh Aaglave writes: In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan revisited the special moment when Shakti band won ...more
It was as if time had stopped, says violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan as he recalls walking up to the Grammy stage ...more
Watch the exclusive interview here: Historic three Grammys in one night: ...more
The album ‘This Moment’ by the band ‘Shakti’ has won a Grammy award for the ‘best global music album’ category ...more
Santanu Das writes: In this exclusive interview, Ganesh Rajagopalan talked about his decades-long collaboration with Shakti, and creating the album ...more
It was a big evening for the Indian musical industry at the 66th Grammy Awards. Percussionist Zakir Hussain’s supergroup Shakti won the ...more
Recently reemerged, the world fusion band featuring Zakir Hussain and Shankar Mahadevan formed in 1973 before disbanding in 1977 Razmig ...more
Watch the full interview with Shakti’s own Zakir Hussain here: ...more
Watch the interview here: ...more
Anthony Wilson writes: CARY, N.C. (WTVD) — Many people in the music business hope they’ll hear their name someday after “And ...more
Catch up with Shakti backstage at the City National Bank First Look Cam after their first GRAMMY win for Best Global Music Album for This Moment backstage at ...more
As the world becomes more polarised, Shakti and its win are reminders of how distant traditions can live with each ...more
Shankar Mahadevan has returned to India, brimming with joy after his Grammy win. His fusion band Shakti, also featuring tabla ...more
At Grammy Awards 2024, Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s Shakti band won the Best Global Music Album for the album ...more
His fusion band Shakti which won the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album for ‘This Moment’ Shankar Mahadevan received ...more
Shantanu Datta writes: The music fanatic, who manages John McLaughlin and many more stalwarts, talks about living his dream with ...more
Debraj Mitra writes: The cover of album This Moment, which won the Best Global Music Album award, has been designed ...more
Orko Basu writes: Just a little before 7 this morning, my phone pings. The message from a friend reads “We ...more
Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain won big at the Grammys 2024. The reassembled international fusion band Shakti clinched the award ...more
Rolling Stone writes: A late acknowledgment of the jazz-fusion greats by the Recording Academy notwithstanding, there’s a lot more diversity ...more
The reassembled international fusion ensemble Shakti has clinched the prestigious award of Best Global Music Album for their latest release, ‘This Moment’. ...more
The Rolling Stone writes: The band won the award for their 2023 album ‘This Moment’. Indian fusion band Shakti has ...more
The Telegraph writes: The band, which is a unique blend of Indian classical music and jazz improvisation with vocal embelishments, ...more
Indian jazz band Shakti bagged Best Global Music Album for This Moment—their first studio release in 46 years—at Sunday’s 2024 Grammy Awards in ...more
Owen R. Smith of The Seattle Times writes: “It seemed to Bellevue violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan an act of fate or ...more
Wilco have shared their yearly ‘Wilco Recommends’ playlist, which reflects favorites from the Chicago-based ensamble. Shakti’s Mohanam takes spot 19 ...more
The band’s latest album, This Moment has been nominated for the Best Global Music Album. Since British guitarist John McLaughlin ...more
Michael Fremer writes: “The first Shakti album in 46 years is miraculous for a few reasons, the first being a ...more
Click here to read Shakti 50th Anniversary Tour Reflections with Bela Fleck, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas. Jimmy Herring, ...more
Earlier this year, John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain reconvened their singular, pioneering world fusion collective Shakti and released a new album. This Moment—the ...more
David Sanborn in conversation with the innovative guitarist John McLaughlin, celebrating 50 years of his genre-bending band Shakti. John talks ...more
‘McLaughlin’s western heritage shows him integrating the well-tempered scale and the harmonies that flow from it into to the harmony ...more
Sanjana Ray of GQ writes: “It’s been a special year for Jazz-fusion maestros Shakti, comprising John McLaughlin (guitar, guitar synth) ...more
Kusnur writes: “The best news is that of Indo-fusion band Shakti being nominated for Grammy Awards.” “It’s been a fabulous ...more
Shakti recently concluded their triumphant 27-city 50th Anniversary Tour, which featured 17 U.S. performances during which the band was supported ...more
Shakti, the recently reconvened global fusion trailblazers, have been nominated for 2024 Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album for This Moment – the ...more
Nomination follows rapturously received 50th Anniversary World Tour featuring original group co-founders John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain Shakti, the recently ...more
Jazz-fusion stalwarts Shakti, who made their return earlier this year with a tour and new album ‘This Moment,’ are nominated ...more
Shakti Pick Up Grammy Nomination for Best Global Music Album for ‘This Moment’ Read more in The New York Times ...more
“And now,” reflects Zakir Hussain, “the decades of individual music experiences we all have had poured into this gathering’s offering ...more
Watch Shakti perform at NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’: “It’s hard to get past the significance of this performance by the Indian ...more
Out today: Exclusive live version of “Shrini’s Dream” from lauded new album This Moment, filmed at a sold-out performance from ...more
See the full gallery here. Michael Conley writes: “It’s safe to posit that Shakti fans are nothing if not eclectic ...more
Ultimate Guitar writes: “Legendary jazz guitar master John McLaughlin recalled lending one of his prized instruments and then getting it back ...more
Dave Pehling writes: “British six-string wizard John McLaughlin brings the latest version of his “global fusion” band Shakti with tabla ...more
Andrew Gilbert writes: “If the cheers for vocalist Shankar Mahadevan sound particularly enthusiastic when SFJAZZ presents the pioneering Indo-jazz ensemble ...more
Shakti 50th Anniversary livestream ft. John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, Selvaganesh Vinayakram, and Ganesh Rajagopalan, with special guest John ...more
Ron Wynn writes: “The term “fusion,” while accurate to a degree, only scratches the surface of the musical magic made ...more
Bob Bakert, JGT editor writes: “I went to see Shakti on Friday night 8/25/23 at the Cobb Energy Center outside ...more
Bobby Reed writes: “The current tour by the quintet Shakti, which arrives at Ravinia on Sunday, marks another important chapter ...more
Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times, writes: “In 2010, Jeff Beck said, “John McLaughlin has given us so many different facets of the ...more
George Varga writes: “The pioneering band, which fuses Indian classical music and jazz improvisation, was formed in 1973. Guitar great ...more
Bill Milkowski writes: “Guitar god of my youth, John McLaughlin, now 81, sat crosslegged on the carpeted dais floating in ...more
Dr. Veena Adige of Newband writes: “The historic golden anniversary world tour of the Shakti Musical group has taken the ...more
Jimmy Leslie of Guitar Player Magazine writes: “Shakti means “power” and McLaughlin has re-energized the timeless ensemble in a modern ...more
Bo Emerson of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes: “Death, disability, and pestilence have kept the band Shakti from performing together for ...more
Alex H. Krinsky of Relix writes: “On Saturday, The Capitol Theatre welcomed a celebration of cross-cultural musical exploration as Shakti’s ...more
Branavan Ganesan of The Inquirer writes: “If this is your first Shakti concert, be ready to witness virtuosity, onstage mirth, ...more
Nick Millevoi of Premier Guitar writes: “A few years ago, John McLaughlin’s career hung in the balance. Stricken with painful arthritis ...more
Shakti visited NPR’s Tiny Desk for an up-close performance, just ahead of the U.S. leg of the 50th Anniversary Tour. ...more
Scott Hopkins of Music Fest News writes: “After an excellent jazz fusion album (Extrapolation, 1969), a superb psychedelic explosion (Devotion, ...more
BOSTON – SHAKTI will be performing LIVE at the Wang Theater in Boston on August 17th to celebrate their historic 50th Anniversary. Together, John McLaughlin and ...more
Dean Budnick of Relix writes: “When John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain first met in 1969, neither had an inkling that ...more
Paul Robicheau of The Arts Fuse writes: “Fans of jazz-fusion guitar pioneer John McLaughlin had added impetus to witness his ...more
Bill Beuttler writes: “To hear them tell it, the cofounders of Shakti — guitar great John McLaughlin, 81, and tabla ...more
Phil Johnson of London Jazz News writes: “His [John McLaughlin’s] playing, whether providing melodic lines or textural detail, is astonishingly ...more
The members of Shakti behind the scenes: a photo journal by Sven Hoffman. ...more
Anuj Chakrapani writes: “Starting 17th of August, international supergroup Shakti will perform across the U.S., celebrating their 50th anniversary.” Shakti’s tabla percussionist ...more
Steve T of Bebop Spoken Here writes: “When Shakti emerged from the ashes of the Mahavishnu Orchestra it was documented ...more
The editor of Jazz in Europe writes: “As a cornerstone of what is now called World Music, the vision and ...more
“McLaughlin and Hussain are titans of their instruments, and the three other musicians are no slouches either. Shankar Mahadevan is ...more
The album ‘This Moment’ received a 5/5 rating. Mike Gates of The Vibe writes: “As a cornerstone of what is ...more
The album ‘This Moment’ has received a very good review in the Summer edition of UK instrumental magazine Guitarist (9/10). ...more
‘This Moment’ was included in The Guardian’s notable Jazz releases for July. Betsy Reed writes: “Guitar legend John McLaughlin and percussion master Zakir ...more
The new album ‘This Moment’ received a four-star review in The Times. Chris Pearson writes: “The original albums’ acoustic guitars ...more
“Was this album worth the wait? Most definitely yes.” Read the full review in Jazz Blues News. ...more
“I think that’s part of the beauty of Shakti; Through the immense complexities of the output, the music feels so ...more
30-year writing veteran Ross Boissoneau writes: “A worthy successor to its forebears, the LP is rewarding for those with open ...more
The PRS Private Stock John McLaughlin Limited is a classic instrument meticulously spec’d by Paul Reed Smith to honor John ...more
Congratulations to Zakir Hussain, who tops DownBeat’s 71st annual critics poll in the percussion category. DownBeat (est. 1934), devoted to ...more
There was a moment in 2017, following what was billed as his farewell tour in the States, that guitar avatar ...more
When the first incarnation of the electric maelstrom that was the Mahavishnu Orchestra had run its course in 1974, it ...more
Shakti is the first group that brought together Hindustani (North Indian) and Carnatic (South Indian) musicians. Their new album celebrating the ...more
Photographs and commentary by John Watson I find the music of Shakti so captivating that concentrating on photographing the group ...more
Tabla player Zakir Hussain is in conversation with Lopa Kothari, sharing his favourite music, as well as discussing his career ...more
Joined by guitarist John McLaughlin, Hussain and Mahadevan will be celebrating their new album, “This Moment” Read full article on ...more
The band ‘Shakti’, formed by the British guitarist John McLaughlin and master Indian percussionist, Zakir Hussain, is coming up with ...more
Read full article here: London Jazz News Photography: John Watson ...more
All things must come to pass. Still, it came as a shock to learn that Shakti’s two concerts in London ...more
Read the cover story about Shakti in Khabar, one of the largest publications in the U.S. to serve Indian-Americans. ...more
The first studio album in 46 years, “This Moment” is available to purchase and stream in digital, vinyl and cd ...more
Forty-six years after their last studio album, pioneering Indo-jazz fusion ensemble Shakti returns with This Moment. Founding members guitarist John ...more
The Magic of Shankar Mahadevan By: Asjad Nazir The most versatile singer in India discusses his music, his time with ...more
With only 1 week to go, we’re so excited to announce special guests Nguyên Lê and Gary Husband will be ...more
The greatest tabla player of all time to discusses the Shakti journey, association with John McLaughlin and forthcoming London shows. ...more
Album Review Shakti: This Moment By Ian PattersonJune 12, 2023 It has been a while alright. 46 years have slipped ...more
Shakti would like to thank DownBeat Magazine and Bill Milkowski for featuring the incredible band fusing world music with jazz ...more
