Musicians and politics can be a fraught combination, but McLaughlin’s belief that music is a common currency and a positive force in the world is unshakable. The Wall Will Fall (recorded several ...

It’s fair to say that among fusion aficionados, John McLaughlin is the father ... had never been heard in music. McLaughlin largely focused on the acoustic guitar during the 1980s but returned ...

Paco De Lucia revolutionized flamenco guitar playing, and contributed to the renewal of flamenco by integrating sounds and instruments from other forms of music. He is the premier ... Corea and fellow ...

After the Mahavishnu Orchestra split, McLaughlin worked with the far more low-key, acoustic group Shakti. This group combined Indian music with elements of jazz and thus may be regarded as a pioneer ...

John McLaughlin's "Guardian Angels" must be on the ultra-short list of "most iconic jazz/fusion songs clocking in under 1 minute." The song takes us back to the time when experimental fusion artists ...

Shakti was formed in 1973, as McLaughlin sought deeper musical fulfillment ... “They are the ultimate global band—the brotherhood of John and Zakir uniting in music to bring the world together.” “This ...

He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s ... SAN FRANCISCO -- British six-string wizard John McLaughlin brings the latest version of his "global ...

He provides today's Beautiful Music with his violin, though, playing HERE'S ONE by American composer William Grant Still. The pianist is Norma Mclaughlin Nelson, John McLaughlin Williams' mother!

Over the decades, the versatile McLaughlin has studied Indian music with numerous maestros, including Shankar and Hussain. “John is a unique animal on this planet,” Hussain said.

But a new album, a miracle cure for John ... said McLaughlin. Indian classical musicians were also not all thrilled. “There was a deeply entrenched fanaticism about Indian music being left ...

To hear them tell it, the cofounders of Shakti — guitar great John ... College of Music near San Francisco. It was at the home of the college’s founder, Ali Akbar Khan, that McLaughlin and ...

PRS has unveiled a new limited edition signature guitar for jazz fusion legend John McLaughlin ... You’ll find McLaughlin’s signature on the back plate and he had this to say about the instrument.