"Shakti: The Power" limns the desperate efforts of a lone mother to escape a far-flung feudalistic society with her young son. Strikingly lensed in the wild semi-deserts of Rajasthan, and anchored by ...

It's hard to get past the significance of this performance by the Indian jazz fusion band, Shakti. Initially formed in 1973 by jazz guitarist John McLaughlin with virtuoso traditional Indian musicians ...

The fusion band, Shakti won the Grammy latest release This Moment. The band was formed in 1973, after the dissolution of the first incarnation of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The band was reformed in ...

In 1974, as young musicians eager to change the musical discourse, Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, Vikku Vinayakram and L. Shankar launched Shakti, which made the world sit up and take notice. Fifty ...

The collaborative sound of Shakti, which changed musical discourse worldwide, will echo one final time when Mind Explosion: 50th Anniversary Tour Live releases on August 1. The tracks of the album ...

Goddess worship is one of the longest standing religious traditions in Hinduism. Arthur Basham, a well-known historian of India wrote: The theme of shakti perhaps grew out of a conflict and eventual ...