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Shankar, a violinist, singer and composer, teaches Indian Classical styles by incorporating them into Western musics. He has worked with many Western musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed. He first began vocal lessons at the age of two, violin lessons at five, and drumming lessons at seven. After receiving a doctorate in ethnomusicology, he co-formed (with British composer Caroline) a pop/rock group in 1982, the Epidemics. The band has released three albums: The Epidemics, Do What You Do and Eye Catcher.
The two also work in an Indian quartet with Shankar's father, V. Lakshminarayana, and his sister, Gana Rao. The group's four albums are Panca Nadai Pallavi, Galaxy, Nobody Told Me and Soul Searcher.
Shankar also co-founded Shakti with John McLaughlin; the two released Shakti, Handful of Beauty and Natural Elements. His two solo albums are Touch Me There (produced by Frank Zappa) and Who's to Know.
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Shankar or Shamkar (Sanskrit शंकर Shaṃkara, "शम + कर, meaning Welfare + Bestower") is a Sanskrit noun, and means "Beneficent" or "Giver of Bliss". It generally refers to a Hindu descriptions of one of the chief gods, Lord Shiva.
It may also refer to:
People
Shankar is a common name in India. It generally refers to:
Shiva, Hindu god who is referred to by numerous namesAdi Shankara, Hindu philosopher (guru) of Advaita circa ninth centuryin Brahma Kumaris religion where it means bodiless state of soul.Shankar is also the given name or family name of the following individuals:
Members of the family of Indian musicians/dancers of whom the most well known are Uday Shankar (1900–1977), classical dancerRavi Shankar (born 1920), sitar playerGeethali Norah Jones Shankar (Norah Jones, born 1979), American singer-songwriterAnoushka Shankar (born 1981), Indian sitar player and composer in the United States. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, and Sukanya Rajan, a bank employee. Through her father, she is the half-sister of Grammy Award winner Norah JonesAnanda Shankar (1942–1999), Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanusree ShankarMamata Shankar (born 1955), actress in the Bengali language film industry of IndiaShankar (actor) a (South, born 1960), Indian Film actorColonel Shankar, the nom de guerre of Vaithilingam Sornalingam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamShankar Mahadevan, singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trioShankar, part of the Shankar Jaikishan music-director duoK. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), Indian cartoonist Shankar's Weekly, a magazine founded by himShankar's International Dolls Museum, New DelhiL. Shankar (born 1950), Indian violinistShankar Panikkar (born 1960), Indian film actor and director popularly known as ShankarMani Shankar Mukherjee, Bengali writer popularly known as ShankarMani Shankar, Indian film-makerRavi Shankar (poet), poet and faculty member of Central Connecticut State UniversityRamamurti Shankar, physicistS. Shankar (born 1963), Tamil film directorSri Sri Ravi Shankar, guru and founder of the Art of Living movementShankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa VidyalayaShankar Lamichhane, Nepalese EssayistShankar Vedantam, Author and JournalistShankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999), ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997Shankar NagarNaren Shankar, writer, producer and director of several television seriesVirendra Dev Dixit,Adrian Shankar, English cricketerThe name "Shankar" exists in the Sanskrit language and is not related to the colloquial Tamil word "Sankar" which means cyclone.
