A excerpt of Partho Sarodi, Paul Livingstone & Abhijit Banerjee performing in the 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles Sep 20th.

Want to learn Indian music but never had access to an explanation that was simple and immediately effective? Enjoy this short Introduction with Paul Livingstone to the 'Exploring Ragas & Rhythms' video series for western musicians of any style or tradition.

Here are the full lesson videos for 'Exploring Ragas & Rhythms':

PART ONE: Three Key Skills:    • Exploring Ragas & Rhythms, part ONE ~...  

PART TWO: What is Raga?    • Exploring Ragas & Rhythms, part TWO ~...  

FULL PRO COURSE: http://ragajazzmusic.thinkific.com/

International performer Paul Livingstone is one of the few American disciples of the legendary Pt. Ravi Shankar. A committed sitarist since the age of 15, he has toured extensively in the US and Latin America as well Europe, South East Asia & India and has performed alongside leading artists from India such as Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri and Abhijit Banerjee among others An award winning teaching & performing artist in the field of world music synthesis, Paul maintains a vision of cross-cultural performance that engages the transcendent joy of music & reflects his innermost social, political & spiritual values. He leads his own Arohi Ensemble playing 'raga jazz chamber music' as well as being a commissioned composer for film, television, theater and dance and has recorded with popular artists such as Ozomatli, Alanis Morrisette, Beck, Rubén Albarrán (Café Tacuba) & Build an Ark. His playing has been featured on Grammy Award winning records by Ozomatli & Ricky Kej. For more info: www.tanpura.com