5th October, 2009

An interesting show to say the least, all the performers whose music we played today have had Western influences, yet play music that is truly Hindustani.

Srinivas Reddy on sitar began playing rock and jazz until his "life-changing" meeting with Sri Partha Chatterjee, who would go on to become his guru. (http://www.srinivasreddy.org/)

Sameer Gupta on tabla began, and continues to play improvisational world, fusion and jazz, with several other active musical projects. (http://www.sameergupta.com)

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya, a highly accomplished slide guitar player uses it for Indian Classical music. (http://www.debashishbhattacharya.com)

Here is what played:

1) Srinivas Reddy (sitar) and Sameer Gupta (tabla) - Raag Hemant (Alap and Vilambit), from the album "Hemant & Jog"

2) Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya (slide guitar) with Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla) - Raag Pahadi Jhinjhoti (Madhya Gat in Jhaptal)

If you liked what you heard (you can listen to the last 2 shows by clicking on the links in the sidebar on the right), go ahead and buy the music!

Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m. EST
www.wrek.org
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Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com

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7th September, 2009

The slide guitar made its debut on Gharana Music as we played music by Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya for the first time on the show. A beautiful 34 minute piece in Raag Pahadi Jhinjhoti accompanied by Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla, started off the show. Pt. Bhattacharya started playing music at the age of three and has gone on to receive great respect in the musical fraternity worldwide. Read more about him at:

http://www.debashishbhattacharya.com/

One Bengali musician was followed by another, Pandit Dhruba Ghosh on the sarangi covered the rest of the show. Both the artists' CDs can be found on www.amazon.com, and they even have a few songs posted on www.myspace.com, http://last.fm and more.

Here are the tracks that played tonight:

1. Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya (Hindustani slide guitar) with Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla) - Raag Pahadi Jhinjhoti (Alap, Jor & Jhala)

2. Pandit Dhruba Ghosh (sarangi) with Kashinath Mishra (tabla) - Raag Komal Rishabh Asavari (Madhya Bandish in Jhaptaal, Drut Bandish in Teentaal)

You can listen to the tracks here until 14th September:

Part 1 (8.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.)

Part 2 (8.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.)

And here between the 14th and 21st of September:

Part 1 (8.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.)

Part 2 (8.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.)

Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com