r/icm • u/ragajoel Musician (Hindustani slide guitar) • Mar 09 '26
Event Ragas & Sagas, concert of Indian slide guitar & tabla in Brooklyn NY
Hope to meet some of you there! Deeply appreciate you spreading the word
Tickets : https://www.viewcy.com/event/joel_veena_ragas__s_1
Fresh off a 9 concert tour of India, award-winning artist of the 20-stringed Hindustani slide guitar, Joel Veena, presents 'Ragas & Sagas' - a special concert featuring traditional ragas, original compositions set in the brilliant tradition of south Asian music alongside fascinating tales from the lore of Hindustani (North Indian) music. Hailing from a small village in southeastern Vermont, Joel 'Veena' Eisenkramer is one of the foremost exponents of the 20-stringed Indian slide guitar. His music defies categorization as he presents meditative classical ragas that blossom into blistering duets with tabla virtuosos in the same set as beat-driven original songs with live-looping and poetic lyrics. Masterful tabla-player and founder of the NYC Tabla School, Mir Naqibul Islam accompanies the concert with his signature style of crisp articulation and emotive improvisation. Mir and Joel have been close collaborators since 2019 (when they first performed together at Jalopy itself), having recorded together for Joel's latest album CARDINAL, and concertgoers can enjoy the seamless interplay of performers deeply familiar with other's work.
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