Pictured here in his late 20s, Ravi Shankar was hugely important in popularizing Indian classical music in Western pop music. He would have turned 100 years old today. Courtesy of the Shankar family hide caption
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Luis Alfredo de Valle and Raquel Berrios, from Buscabulla, are musicians and activists for their culture in Puerto Rico. Mara Corsino/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Anoushka Shankar's new album, Home, marks a return to the Indian classical music her father, Ravi Shankar, taught her. Laura Lewis / Deutsche Grammophon/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Return To Ragas: Family Matters For Sitar Player Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar's new album, Traces of You, comes out Tuesday. Harper Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Anoushka Shankar's new album, Traces of You, comes out Tuesday. Harper Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Anoushka Shankar And Norah Jones: Half-Sisters Collaborate At Last
"There's a very primal, emotional response I feel when I hear flamenco," sitar player Anoushka Shankar says. "It's quite in the belly in a way." Harper Smith hide caption
Ravi Shankar is the sitar master who brought Indian classical music to the West. Hulton Archive/Getty hide caption
Ravi Shankar performs with his daughter, Anoushka Shankar. Sebastian D'Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption