Still, George couldn’t identify what influenced his slide guitar playing. He guessed it had something to do with playing with Delaney and Bonnie and, of course, Indian music. “I’m not sure ...

After designing his first custom slide guitar at 15, Bhattacharya’s exploration of the Hawaiian lap steel guitar tradition really took off at 21 when he started training with Indian master Brij ...

Among the festival favorites returning to celebrate the Richmond Folk Festivals 10th anniversary is Debashish Bhattacharya, a virtuoso and innovator of Indian slide guitar playing who performs ...

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2009 - Indian slide guitar player Vishwa Mohan Bhatt was joined by tabla player Samir Chatterjee for a performance here at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium that ...

This lesson will translate some of these ideas to the guitar, so you can switch on an ‘Indian feel’ in your melodic playing ... use the whammy bar, pick up a slide, etc. Choose your alankar shapes ...

A major artist from India will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Yoga Sol, 305 N. Carson St., Suite 200.Chakrapani Singh plays an Indian slide guitar called a kahchapi veena. His first Tahoe ...

Considering that his career has spanned five decades, taken him around the globe and seen him combine forces with the likes of Ry Cooder, kora master Toumani Diabate and Indian slide guitar player V.

While Bhattacharya has been nominated for his album Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey, Shankar has been shortlisted for her album Dancing In The Light. Calcutta Chronicles ...

Deeply moved by the beauty of the Indian slide guitar and the ragas he heard, he was introduced to Dr. Ranjan Kumar, his first teacher. Since that time, he has been traveling to India to study as well ...

who infused them with strains of Flamenco and Hawaiian music and performed them on a new breed of Indian slide guitar of his own devising. The result was a heady mix of languid Polynesian sounds ...