L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR)

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Lakshminarayana Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.

Shankar was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu. Growing up in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, where his father V. Lakshminarayana Iyer was a professor at the Jaffna College of Music, Shankar was exposed to Carnatic music and other styles from an early age. His father was an esteemed violinist, his mother L. Seethalakshmi played the veena and all his five older siblings were also proficient in music. His brothers include the renowned violinist L. Subramaniam and L. Vaidyanathan, a music composer for Indian films.Shankar cites his family and Tyāgarāja as early inspirations.

Shankar began singing at the age of two, playing violin at the age of five, and learning to play drums at seven. At the age of seven L. Shankar gave his first public concert,at the Nallur Kandaswamy temple. He gained considerable reputation in his
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L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Touch Me There album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Touch Me There
Fusion 1979
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Who's To Know album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Who's To Know
World Fusion 1981
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Vision album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Vision
World Fusion 1984
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Song For Everyone album cover 4.25 | 4 ratings
Song For Everyone
World Fusion 1985
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Pancha Nadai Pallavi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pancha Nadai Pallavi
World Fusion 1990
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Soul Searcher album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soul Searcher
World Fusion 1990
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) M.R.C.S. album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
M.R.C.S.
World Fusion 1991
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Raga Aberi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Raga Aberi
World Fusion 1995
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Nobody Told Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nobody Told Me
World Fusion 1998
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Shankar • Zakir Hussain • Vinayakram : Enlightenment album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shankar • Zakir Hussain • Vinayakram : Enlightenment
World Fusion 2000
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Shankar • Zakir Hussain • T.H. Vinayakram : Eternal Light album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shankar • Zakir Hussain • T.H. Vinayakram : Eternal Light
World Fusion 2000
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Shankar & Gingger ‎: Celestial Body album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shankar & Gingger ‎: Celestial Body
World Fusion 2004
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Open The Door album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Open The Door
World Fusion 2007
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Chepleeri Dream album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chepleeri Dream
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2020
L. SHANKAR (LAKSHMINARAYANAN SHANKAR) Do They Know It’s Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Do They Know It’s Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2021

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Shankar & Gingger ‎: One In A Million
World Fusion 2001

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