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: an Indian lute with a long neck and a varying number of strings
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The wide streak of hippie-trail Orientalism in ambient music (all those sitars!) is almost structural, a product of messy, unequal encounters between European modernism and the rest of the world.
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Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Featuring live music from sitar player Ami Dang, the event invited residents to interact with the art using flashlights, creating a constantly shifting landscape of light and color.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Their Studio City home features guitars, pianos, sitars, drums, ukuleles, and more.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 June 2024
Photographed by Damien Maloney A sitar sits underneath a hat rack.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 June 2024
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Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Featuring live music from sitar player Ami Dang, the event invited residents to interact with the art using flashlights, creating a constantly shifting landscape of light and color.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Their Studio City home features guitars, pianos, sitars, drums, ukuleles, and more.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 June 2024
Photographed by Damien Maloney A sitar sits underneath a hat rack.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 June 2024
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“Sitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sitar. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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