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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Hindu Shankar was back in New York dancing with every one of his slippery muscles. Again he had with him Simkie. a Frenchwoman almost as sinuous as himself, and nine Hindu musicians who sit tailor-fashion on the floor, tap swiftly and intricately on odd-shaped drums, thrum delicately on queer little fat-necked Hindu guitars. This week Shankar starts out on a tour which will take him to New England, then through the Midwest to the Pacific Coast, back through the South. In all he will give 85 performances, this season's record number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Largest Tour | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

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