Shenkar performs at the Behala Classical Festival, in association with The Telegraph, on Sunday. “During all my performances at big concerts in India, I have seen that the audience in Calcutta loves its music the most. Shakti during a performance in 1976 The Telegraph file pictureAccording to him, the band’s name translated into “music of transcendental pleasure”. Turiyananda Sangeet became Shakti after a year because the band members wanted an easier word that listeners in the West could relate to. L. Shankar, won a Grammy in 1988 for his original soundtrack in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ.

Source: The Telegraph January 06, 2019 22:41 UTC