Ended the week and welcomed the weekend after a swim with 3: Calcutta Slide-Guitar by Debashish Bhattacharya, released on Riverboat Records in 2005.

Allmusic Review by Adam Greenberg

..The album starts out with a short composition based in "Raga Mishra Shiva Ranjani" on the small anandi, a slide ukulele that gives Bhattacharya the ability to show off the speed of his picking style. A longer exploration of "Raga Tilak Kamod" is done with the Ghandarvi guitar, created to sound like a guitar, a veena, and a sarangi depending on how it's played.... Bhattacharya explores the raga thoroughly, giving the old masters a run for their money. For guitar aficionados and Indian classical aficionados alike, this one's worth a spin or three.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXrQ7BvRCn0&list=RD

#DebashishBhattacharya #Raga #IndianClassical #SlideGuitar #Music #HindustaniSlideGuitar

This morning's #workout #music is from Ganavya doing solemn, beautiful songs with heavy #jazz and #raga influences. Highly recommended.

https://youtu.be/t_sEX0yU55w
#WomenInMusic #Poetry #MusicOfIndia #Psalms #KettleBells

She's also available on #bandcamp
https://ganavya.bandcamp.com/album/nilam-2

Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday after a swim with Young Masters by Debashish Bhattacharya , released on Music Today in 1992.

Debashish Bhattacharya (Bengali: দেবাশীষ ভট্টাচার্য, Hindi: देवाशीष भट्टाचार्य, Devāśiṣ Bhaṭṭācārya, born 12 January 1963) is an Indian classical musician, singer, composer and educator. He is said to have introduced the first Slide Guitar Syllabus[1] in the world. Bhattacharya redefined Indian classical music on slide guitar through the introduction of a new playing technique and sound, as well as a blending of traditional and uniquely contemporary approaches in designing his music. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-tKfsEg2NU

#DebashishBhattacharya #HindustaniSlideGuitar #IndianClassical #Raga #Music #SlideGuitar

✨ PARTHO SAROTHY (Indien)
feat. FARID BANERJEE (Afghanistan)

📅 28.05.2026
🕗 20:00 | 📍 Altes Volksbad Mannheim

Nordindische Klassik & meditative Ragas 🪷

👉 https://geschichtswerkstatt.org/events/partho-sarothy-indien-feat-farid-banerjee-afghanistan/

#Mannheim #LiveMusik #Raga #IndianClassicalMusic #Brandherd

Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday after a swim with Raga Ahir Bhairav by Debashis Bhattacharya and Samir Chatterjee, released on India Archive Music in 1993.

Debashish Bhattacharya (Bengali: দেবাশীষ ভট্টাচার্য, Hindi: देवाशीष भट्टाचार्य, Devāśiṣ Bhaṭṭācārya, born 12 January 1963) is an Indian classical musician, singer, composer and educator. He is said to have introduced the first Slide Guitar Syllabus. in the world.. - Wikipedia

Debashis Bhattacharya plays the early-morning raga, Ahir Bhairav, which combines elements of the profound raga Bhairav with the romance and sorrow of Ahiri folk melodies. Debashis concludes with a bittersweet thumri in raga Bhairavi

A different version of the same raga:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzQXLFIj-3w&list=RDtzQXLFIj-3w&start_radio=1

#DebashishBhattacharya #Raga #SlideGuitar #Tabla #IndianClassical #Music

Live music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9MzYg9P1OY

#music #jazz #world #India #raga

We're talking about #AsianMusic?

Video games were a big part of my childhood, so Nobuo Uematsu, the SEGA Team, Koji Kondo and the creators of that wonderful music have long been an influence on me.

In regards to #HeavyMetal, Sigh 🇯🇵 are the first band I think of in regards to Asia. In Somniphobia is one of my favorite albums ever, and their catalog is incredible. They put Asian #BlackMetal on the map.

X-Japan 🇯🇵 are, of course, one of the most important #VisualKei bands in history, and their musicianship is incredible.

Melt-Banana 🇯🇵 are a #Noise/#AvantGarde rock group who put out the incredible "3+5" a few years ago, and was my AOTY.

Wormrot 🇸🇬 are probably my favorite #Grindcore/#PowerViolence band. Every album they've put out is untouchable.

Plecto Aliquem Capite 🇱🇰 are one of the most unhinged #BlackMetal bands I've ever heard. I recommend checking out their EP "The end".

Recently, I've also started listening to more Asian #Doom/#Stoner/#Sludge metal and really enjoy Church of Misery 🇯🇵, who write almost exclusively about serial killers.

And, of course, Boris 🇯🇵. They're comparable to the Melvins, but also not a thing like them, but they're own strange entity. The song Quicksilver fucking slays, while a song like Farewell is a mellow affair. Their collaborations are great, too.

I plan on checking out more stuff, like Tang Dynasty 🇨🇳, and will take any recommendations for heavy stuff.

I'm not a fan of J- or C- or K- Pop but I'm not about to dismiss them. Kudos to those groups for making so many people (adults included) happy and creating something positive. That being said, Faye Wong has a magical voice, and Eyes On Me is a classic pop song for me.

I have some Indian music - #Raga and some pop - as well as some Cambodian #Psychedelic in my collection.

I'm also interested in music using the sitar, oud, erhu and other such instruments.

Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday after a swim with Jazz Meets India by Dewan Motihar Trio, The Irene Schweizer Trio, Manfred Schoof, Barney Wilen released on SABA in 1967.

"This 1967 release, another exploratory J.E. Berendt production, combines a classical Indian trio of sitar, tambura, and tabla with jazz piano trio and two horns striding in between. Sitar player Dewan Motihar leads the Indian trio. A star on All-India Radio, Motihar journeyed to London where he worked on the sound tracks to the Beatle’s “Help”, and with Herbie Hancock on Antonioni’s iconic film “Blow Up”. The Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer has been one of the top European players for years...The three pieces are originals, all based on ragas, classical Indian scales each of which are based on a particular mood, occasion, time of day, year, etc..."

https://www.mps-music.com/releases/jazz-meets-india/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1AEoRZ00A4

#RagaJazz #Raga #Jazz #Music #MPS #DewanMotihar #ManfredSchoof #BarneyWillen #IreneSchweizer #Sitar

Ended the weekend and welcomed the week after a walk with Third Ear Band the second album by the Third Ear Band, released in 1970. It consists of four improvised pieces, "Air", "Earth", "Fire", and "Water", and is therefore sometimes known as "Elements".

Review by Richie Unterberger

Their self-titled, second album is probably their definitive statement, consisting of four lengthy tracks devoted to the primary elements ("Air," "Earth, " "Fire, " "Water"). The feeling is one of improvised (though well-conceived) pieces that build up from initial drones to multi-layered ragas built around the same initial patterns. Their strong debts to both Indian music and contemporary experimental/minimalist compositions are evident...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuByNkoTTJk&list=RDJuByNkoTTJk&start_radio=1

#ThirdEarBand #HarvestRecords #Music #ImprovisedMusic #Drone #Raga