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Debashish Bhattacharya

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is arguably the greatest slide guitarist in the world. He is an undisputed master of the demanding technique and discipline of both Hindustani classical music and modern world fusion. A “virtuoso’s virtuoso,” he has revolutionized a number of technical aspects of performance on the instrument. He also has designed and patented four types of guitar for performing raga music, which he has named Chaturangui, Ghandharvi, Anandi, and Pushpa Veena. These guitars are played lap style, with a small steel bar and finger picks.

Top Ten Horizontal Guitar Players

by Alan Bryson
May 4, 2020

Who could have imagined that a few serendipitous events on a remote Pacific island in the 19th century would fundamentally change American music. In 1832 Hawaii's king brought Mexican cowboys to the Big Island to teach native Hawaiians how to gain control of their rapidly increasing cattle population. As luck would have it, some of these ...

Debashish Bhattacharya at Streamside Concerts

by Mark Sullivan
October 21, 2015

Debashish Bhattacharya Streamside Concerts Arden, NC October 10, 2015 The intimate house concert setting of Streamside Concerts was a perfect way to experience the playing of the great Hindustani slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. Accompanied by his brother Subhasis on tabla, the pair relied upon the iTablaPro application in place of the ...

Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico

by Ian Patterson
May 3, 2014

If guitarist Ulf Wakenius' Vagabond (ACT Music, 2012) was a highlight in a discography that stretches back thirty years to Urban Experience (Dragon, 1984) then Momento Magico--which possibly raises the bar still further-- serves as an anthology of his influences both old and new. Wakenius has toured the world extensively for decades, so it's perhaps unsurprising ...

Slide Guitar Ragas from Calcutta and Nomadic Desert Blues from Niger - Two U.S. Tours in April for Riverboat International Recording Artists

March 11, 2008

The UK's World Music Network, best known for the famed Rough Guide CD series, announces tours for its most prestigious single-artist label, Riverboat records. From Calcutta, India, slide guitar master Debashish Bhattacharya, and from the drifting sands of the Sahara, Niger's desert blues nomads Etran Finatawa both come to the US in April and May. Hindustani ...