Diaspora’s Terry O’Laughlin shares an interesting conversation about music and musical history with the great Indian tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, who’s worked with Mickey Hart, John McLaughlin, Eric Harland, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Pharoah Sanders, Charles Lloyd and many more.  Zakir Hussain appears with Rahul Sharma on Thursday, April 27, 8 pm at Shannon Hall in the UW Memorial Union. Tickets and more information are available at the link below.

https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/zakir-hussain-and-rahul-sharma

Two versions are available: a 20 minute radio interview, and the full 40 minute interview with music beds appropriate to the topics under discussion ranging from Indian music history and origins to collaboration with jazz musicians like Charles Lloyd and Eric Harland.