The first wave of Indian music in the West was led primarily by men. Remember sitar maestro Ravi Shankar’s jugalbandi with George Harrison? Or Ali Akbar Khan taking off on global tours with his sarod? Or, more recently, Krishna Das chanting Hanuman Chalisa in packed yoga studios, taking Hindu devotional music or kirtan to the world, and enriching its idea of soul music? The revolution in…
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