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Charukeshi is the name of a beautiful CD on Hindustani Classical Music played by Australian Tabla player Sam Evans and Debasis Chakroborty, a fine player of the Indian Classical Guitar - a modified archtop guitar played with a slide.

Debasis began learning guitar from his father in early childhood and later became a disciple of Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra, the man who did much to popularise the slide guitar in Hindustani Classical music. Sam Evans developed a passion for world percussion in early childhood and travelled and studied in Asia, Europe and Africa from the age of 19 until his studies focussed on Indian Tabla. Over the last decade he has divided his time between Australia and India and has been accepted as a student of the world renowned tabla player, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee.

Sam and Debasis will be performing in Australia at the Darebin Music Feast, Saturday 13th September at the Uniting Church Hall, 251 High Street, Northcote, and at Music in the Round at Monash University, Sunday 21st September in the Robert Blackwood Hall.

Playlist

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Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)

1423
CD Cuts 4 and 5 - 'Rag Hansdhwani, Aalap and Madhya Lay Jhaptal and Drut Tintal)
Improvised by Debasis Chakroborty and Sam Evans
Pub Not Spec
www.2drums.net
Debasis Chakroborty and Sam Evans - 'Charukeshi'
9:32 + 5:34
(Part Australian perf and improvisation: Slow, pensive introduction on Indian Classical slide guitar is joined by Sam's Tabla and intensifies)

DEBASIS CHAKROBORTY AND SAM EVANS GIG ALERT:
the Darebin Music Feast, Saturday 13th September at the Uniting Church Hall, 251 High Street, Northcote, and at Music in the Round at Monash University, Sunday 21st September in the Robert Blackwood Hall.

1440
CD Cut 4 - 'Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni'
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
WOMAD Music Ltd.
Columbia 82796 928442 (Through Sony/BMG)
Derek Trucks Band - 'Songlines'
9:54
(Harmonium drone beneath Derek's virtuosic and almost aggressive electric slide guitar with Indian overtones, joined by full band with a brief flute feature in this true-to-form rendering of a Qawwalli song.)

DEREK TRUCKS BAND EXLUSIVE AUSTRALIAN DEBUT PERFORMANCE:

Derek will be artist in residence at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, 29 November to 7 December 2008

http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/guitarfestival/

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CD Cut 7 - 'Tatuagem'
Chico Buarque/Roy Guerra, arranged Paulo Paulelli
Pub Not Spec
Telarc CD-83677 ( in Australia through Fuse Music Group: www.fusemusic.com.au
Worldwide: wwww.telarc.com )
Rosa Passos - 'Romance'
7:32
(Sliding double bass run into rich woodwind intro featuring flute, then Rosa's delicately balanced voice, featuring a tenor sax solo by Vinicius Dorin)

Presenter

Lucky Oceans

Producer

Lucky Oceans