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Debashish Bhattacharya.(Calcutta Slide-Guitar)(Sound Recording Review)
Debashish Bhattacharya. Calcutta Slide-Guitar. Riverboat Records/World Music Network TUGCO 1036, 2005.
One might be hard-pressed to find many obvious parallels between the traditional music of Ireland and the classical music of India, but in one respect they are very much alike: in their willingness to absorb instruments from foreign cultures and adapt their playing techniques (and even the instruments' physical design) to the needs of local musical style. As the Irish did the banjo, the bouzouki and the flute, so have Indian musicians of both the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions adopted the slide guitar and made it their own. This should probably come as no surprise, given that the slide guitar's combination of enhanced sustain and microtonal flexibility makes it a perfect fit for Indian styles of melodic variation and ornamentation, but it can nevertheless be a little bit ...
- 3: Calcutta Slide-Guitar: Debashish Bhattacharya.(Sound recording review)
- Magazine article from: Guitar Player Cleveland, Barry June 1, 2005 700+ words
Debashish Bhattacharya designed the "Trinity of Guitars" played on this recording, and his performances are just as inspired and unique as his instruments...
- Debashish Bhattacharya and Bob Brozman Mahima.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! Byrne, Jennifer January 1, 2004 700+ words
...and coming together with Hindustani slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya has yielded all manner of fruits, with the pair enjoying...Hawaiian guitar was explored and eventually a young Debashish Bhattacharya took up the instrument--and so the circle had been...
- Plucking it right.
- Newspaper article from: Statesman (India) August 2, 2006 700+ words
...on the day and date of Swami Vivekanandas 100th birthday, Debashish Bhattacharya is best known for his skills on the slide guitar, writes Mathures Paul Debashish Bhattacharya toured Germany during the football World Cup finals and surprisingly...
- Way to peace.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 7, 2005 700+ words
...function of Shree Thakur, Shanti V Sharma (vocal) and Debashish Bhattacharya (classical guitar) were the two performing artists...and, lastly, a Meera bhajan concluded her recital. Debashish Bhattacharya began his recital with raag Bhimpalasi. His meticulous...
- Ajay Chakraborty concert on Wednesday.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 11, 2002 700+ words
...Chakraborty who founded it in 1997. The singer's two disciples, Kumari Kaushiki Chakarborty and slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya, will accompany him during the programme. Tulsidas Borkar and Yogesh Samsi will be on harmonium and tabla...
- Strumming to Mahima.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 18, 2003 700+ words
...musicians take for granted. Brozman's latest collaboration project is with Kolkata's very own guitarist, Debashish Bhattacharya. Titled Mahima, the project brings out facets of timbral diversity between slide and Hawaiian guitar. Recording...
- Interdisciplinary research.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Scientist July 5, 2004 700+ words
...function and import with land plants, further supporting a common origin of the organelle in these taxa. Debashish Bhattacharya, University of Iowa S. Pfeffer et al., "Identification of virus-encoded microRNAs," Science, 304...
- Does your doc talk?
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 20, 2005 700+ words
...carefully honed in the art of tackling difficult situations, vis-a-vis patients. Says eminent physician Dr Debashish Bhattacharya, "Counselling patients, their relatives and peers is an integral part of the community medicine course...
- Going gets tough for medical representatives at BMCH.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire May 27, 2004 700+ words
...of complaints against MRs, BMCH authorities have decided to take a tough stand. Hospital superintendent Dr Debashish Bhattacharya told The Statesman: "We have decided to allow the MRs into the hospital premises after 1p.m. We will have...
- Ab workouts everyday will keep the doctor away.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 30, 2005 700+ words
...the middle spread. But what amazed me was that it did wonders for my posture too." General physician Dr Debashish Bhattacharya explains, "The abdomen area and the region just above it forms the centre of gravity in our body. So, it...
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