Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain passed away early Monday in San Francisco due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease.

Zakir Hussain, the Grammy-winning Indian musician regarded as one of the world’s greatest tabla players, has died. His family revealed in a statement to press that Hussain died of pulmonary fibrosis, ...

Zakir Hussain was the scion of Hindustani music’s greatest percussion dynasty, and as word of his unexpected death started circulating online, the outpouring of dismay resounded from just about every ...

Singer Palak Muchhal mourns the loss of tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, praising his legacy and hoping it inspires future ...

Zakir Hussain, an Indian classical musician who has been called 'the greatest tabla player of his generation,' has died at ...

Percussion master Zakir Hussain, who died Sunday at 73, counted George Harrison, John McLaughlin, Yo-Yo Ma, Kronos Quartet, ...

Hussain's career spanned over five decades, during which he was revered as both a national treasure in India and admired ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to a global ...

Zakir Hussain died on Sunday in San Francisco. Zakirji, as he was known to his admirers, was a man whose fingers turned into a blur when he performed on the tabla — drums from the Indian subcontinent.

Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain died on Sunday. He united musicians from diverse cultures and shaped modern world music.

Known to U.S. audiences for his work with George Harrison and the Dead, the late Indian percussionist had a much greater ...

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died Sunday from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.