Debashish Bhattacharya: 'The Sound of the Soul’

Somewhere between tradition and modernization lies the work of Hindustani slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. Fusing his love of Hawaiian steel guitar with Indian music, Bhattacharya heard a new sound and created the “chatarangui,” a hollow-neck lap steel with additional strings, in the ‘70s. His new album, The Sound of the Soul, pays tribute to virtuoso Ustad Ali Akbar Khan with a vast range of textures.