Debashish Bhattacharya - Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar
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Artist: Debashish BhattacharyaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Music Label: Riverboat
Soundtracks:
- Sufi Bhakti
- Amrit Anand
- Nivedan
- Ganga Kinare
- Gypsy Anandi
- Rasika
- Aviskaar
- Kolkata to Kanyakumari
- Maya
Music reviews of Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar
Music Review: He's playing better than ever
Rating: 5 Stars
I've been listening to this CD for a few months now, and I keep learning new things. Pandit Debashish has made another masterpiece here. He has made his music accessible to ears unfamiliar with Hindustani music without losing any of the depth and richness that makes that music so magnficent for those already familiar. In this album, Debashish is at once universal and deeply personal as he tells musical stories of his much-beloved home of Kolkata. The pieces are shorter than traditional ragas, and they mix freely in other styles of music, as if to say "there are no walls in music."
The other thing that makes this record so deeply personal is that Debashish has his brother Subhashis with him as a full musical equal on this record. No mere accompanist, Subhashis is a full creator along with his brother. The cover photograph of this album truly captures the joy the brothers feel creating music together, and the joy one feels listening to them.
Once again, Debashish plays his Trinity of Guitars, and brings out new flavors in each instrument. The chaturangui mixes tonalities from many different Hindustani instruments and brings them to the listener's ear in startling new ways. The Gandharvi calls forth the very primal forces of the cosmos, Lord Shiva's dance of creation and destruction. The sweet, innocent Anandi applies balm to the world's wounds and reminds jaded adults that our children will renew the world once again.
Debashish has been one of the world's great musicians for some time now. He keeps getting better. This record is the evidence.
Description of Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar
Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide-Guitar Odyssey is a musical journey through the centuries of guitar playing in India. Using three unique guitars that BBC award winner Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya designed himself, each beautiful raga explores influences ranging from Gypsy to Sufi with deep sensitivity and free-flowing movement between past and present, tradition and innovation.India CDs
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