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John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Shankar Mahadevan, Remember Shakti, Zakir Hussain, V. Selvaganesh, Shakti with John McLaughlin, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Abstractlogix MusicMedia at The Capitol Theatre

Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on May 6, 2023

Where

The Capitol Theatre
149 Westchester Ave
Port Chester, NY
Map
(914) 937-4126

When

Sat, August 19, 2023
7:00 pm

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Musicians

About

Following word of the Summer 2023 release of This Moment – their first new studio album in years – revolutionary world music ensemble Shakti will continue to discover and explore the musical common ground bridging East and West on an extensive U.S. tour, beginning August 17 in Boston. Born in the mid-1970s out of the deep artistic and spiritual connection bonding British guitarist John McLaughlin and Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain, Shakti’s cross-cultural musical conversation dissolved boundaries with uncommon passion, grace, and dexterity – awakening subsequent generations of musicians to the possibilities of such hybrids in the process. Alongside McLaughlin and Hussain, today’s Shakti features renowned vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan, and percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram (son of original Shakti ghatam player T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram)....

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