Music: Remembering Shakti

Remembering Shakti — English guitarist John McLaughlin, along with the Indian musicians, Zakir Hussain (tabla), U. Srinivas (mandolin), Shankar Mahadevan (vocals), and V. Selvaganesh (kanjira, ghatam, mridangam) — will soon be performing a concert in Ramallah where the group wishes to express their “personal affection for the Palestinian people.” McLaughlin and Hussain were members of the original band Shakti which performed and recorded three albums in the mid-70s.

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