Zakir Hussain has been played on NTS in shows including Raga Vibrations, featured first on 28 May 2017. Songs played include Water Girl, Raga Puriya Kalyan and Jiya Jiya Na Jiya.

Ustad Zakir Hussain (born 9 March 1951), son of tabla player Ustad Allah Rakha, is the most famous classical tabla player in India (and, probably, in the world) today. He is appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large. He has won many awards and much recognition for his contributions.

Zakir Hussain has worked with many leading Western and Indian artists, and has produced many works of East-West fusion,…