This is my Album of the Year, since it is one of the finest albums of the last quarter-century. Shakti was formed in 1973, as McLaughlin sought deeper musical fulfillment following the success of his ...

Talk about a trial by heavy metal fire! English guitar giant John McLaughlin and Indian tabla drum virtuoso Zakir Hussain had just released the 1975 debut album by Shakti — their all-acoustic, Indian ...

THE GROUP SHAKTI, named for the Indian word that translates as "creative intelligence, beauty and power," embodied all those qualities in 1975, when guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin first teamed up ...

Improvisational global music purveyors, Shakti, have announced the release of the impending live LP, Mind Explosion: 50th Anniversary Tour Live, due on July 26, 2025, via Abstract Logix. The set ...

Earlier this year, John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain reconvened their singular, pioneering world fusion collective Shakti and released a new album. This Moment—the first Shakti studio record in 45 ...

Shakti’s “This Moment” album, released in June 2023, marks a significant milestone for the band, as it is their first studio album in over 45 years. The group comprises of founding member and ...

The wait is almost over, and a long-cherished dream is about to come true for fans. The legendary band Shakti takes the stage on January 24 at CC&FC, 6pm onwards, as part of Tata Steel Kolkata ...

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 ...

Last year's Saturday Night in Bombay suffers from a bit of confusion in the liner notes. They refer to a "certain Friday Night in San Francisco in 1978." That certain Friday night Jacques Denis was ...