Step into a world where music meets nature. This special performance at Kala Festival 2023 (Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead – 23rd August) explored the Five Elements—Wind, Earth, Water, Fire, and Space—through the rich traditions of Indian classical music.

Bringing this theme to life at this awesome venue, was an incredible ensemble of:

Dr. Lovely Sharma – Sitar
Mr. Debasis Chakroborty – Slide Guitar
Mr. Deepak Shah – Keyboard
Mr. Durjay Bhaumik – Tabla

Each note played by them carried the essence of the natural world—flowing like water, grounding like earth, and soaring like the wind. More than just a performance, it was a journey through sound, emotion, and energy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NVnMUluqjU

Sit back, listen, and let the music take you there.

Another masterpiece hot off the presses. Again, an honor and privilege to play a small role in producing this gem. The work is homage to the pioneering recording artists of Hindustani classical music in the early 20th century.

Streaming now at all the usual places.

Waaah、NusratがQawwaliじゃなくて印度古典のラーガ演奏しとるしかもかなり晩年の映像だそう。これは貴重な映像。

◖|•ᴥ•|◗♫♡ < #NowPlaying Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan : Raag Yaman Kalyan (TV Recording)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRyaWWPoBrM

Soundcheck at #jaipur literature festival this morning.
#hindustaniClassicalMusic #raga #raag #tabla #slideguitar

For those who might be in the Triangle area in NC, a rare opportunity see the great Debashish Bhattacharya in a small venue. He was going to be in town for a private event in the morning so we arranged a recital that evening.

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/magnetic-sound-studios-61294064923

I always liken #hindustaniClassicalMusic #improvisation to a game of rhythmic Tetris. The ability of the great masters to combine different rhythmic patterns over long sets of beat cycles and always come out perfectly on the one (sam) never fails to astonish me.

https://youtu.be/p9KKFM7TCbI

How about a nice #raag bihag for a Thursday afternoon. Performance starts around 14:00.

https://youtu.be/G8UFDRzMv_Q

My contribution to a student recital in Kolkata (no I did not travel) this coming weekend. A short bandish (composition) in #raag Kafi by my teacher Debashish Bhattacharya.

Kafi is parallel to the Dorian mode in Western music, but with rules for what notes can be "shaken" or glided.

The instrument is my Pushpa Veena, which is sort of a hybrid between slide guitar and sarod.

https://youtu.be/nDNWk0Pp41M

Saturday trifecta. Prepping w #classicalguitar for a duet performance of Peter Ostroushko’s Heart of the Heartland w Danny Gotham on #mandolin. All-star celebration of Danny’s 70th includes Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse. Also prepping w Pushpa Veena for video concert, playing #raag Kafi. And just for fun, working on several easy anonymous pieces on #Renaissance #lute.

Just a heads up for y'all. Just got finished updating the website with Fall 2024 US tour dates for The Debashish Bhattacharya Trio. For Steve Kimock fans out there, notice how much time they'll be in and around NYC, which, last I checked, was not all that far from Bethlehem, PA. Things that make you go hmmmm. You never know!

https://www.debashishbhattacharya.com/tour-dates
https://youtu.be/fol_izh-L-E

Dinner w #DebashishBattacharya and #SteveKimock and family a few months before the pandemic Hit. Hopefully another reunion this Fall.

My friend and teacher #DebashishBhattacharya demonstrates his latest instrument design, the Pushpa Veena. With Tanmoy Bose on tabla. #Raag Kafi is based on the Kafi family, which is parallel to Dorian mode in western music.

https://youtu.be/1P8RPEF71Ro

My friend Debashish Bhattacharya had his google account hacked and for now has lost his entire YouTube channel. While we work on this here’s my channel with one of my favorite live performances of his.

#Raag Bhimpalasi is in what we call Dorian mode except the 6th is omitted on ascending lines. The second part is in Jhaptal, a 10 beat cycle.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRE-vfAxwtXMGP7X9K2LbGngQMMCmaUlR&si=qn1f6_C1g4xJx53H

Happy belated birthday and much love to my dear friend and very patient teacher, #DebashishBhattacharya I hope your day was brilliant and that the coming year brings great things!

“Debashish Bhattacharya is the master of the slide guitar…he has no equal.” — John McLaughlin

https://youtu.be/fol_izh-L-E

Live #Hindustani music concert streaming right with Pt #DebashishBhattacharya and on #slideguitar and Pt #AnandiChattarjee on #tabla.

https://www.youtube.com/live/QowQXBQ9cVo?si=uOtG_88ptYbXqCsA

Daily #SteveKimock. Our server was down yesterday so missed a daily post.

We recover in style by celebrating #Diwali with Steve covering a composition by the great sarodist Ali Akbar Khan.

https://youtu.be/wi7ulD66dBg

Happy #Diwali!

https://youtu.be/5xwz5qawblU

#raag #raga #india #indianmusic #hindustanimusic #slideguitar ##steelguitar

Thursday #raga. #DebashishBhattacharya performs #Raag Shuddh Kalyan at the recent Virasat Festival in Dehradun, India.

https://youtu.be/7scYZzzlyMQ

Been digitizing my DVD collection and discovered a remarkable segment with my teacher #DebashishBhattacharya in the #RagaUnveiled Disk.

Pt Vijay Kichlu teaches a new #raga in the traditional way by singing the lines and the instrumentalists play it back, adding their own #improvisation.

https://youtu.be/XCCfqXZN0R0