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Colors of Hindustani Slide Guitar
Where Ragas Meet Story and Sound
Artists
The slide guitar was not born into Hindustani classical music. Joel ‘Veena’ Eisenkramer has spent a lifetime bringing it home.
Eisenkramer has spent decades inside the Hindustani oral tradition, in conversation with musicians, collecting the stories and lore that live between the notes. This evening, he brings all of it to the stage: traditional ragas and original compositions, interwoven with stories told as they were meant to be, spoken and spontaneous. Anand HS accompanies on tabla.
An evening that asks something of the listener, and returns considerably more.
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Joel Veena
Since 2007, Joel ‘Veena‘ Eisenkramer has been traveling between his native Vermont, USA and India to study and perform Hindustani classical music on the 20-stringed Indian slide guitar. Today he is one of the leading exponent’s of this instrument in the world: he is the only North American performer of the Indian slide guitar to have performed regularly in India; touring across the country to perform in venues big and small, including the 2019 Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Delhi, Pt Kashinath Bodas Music Festival in Phoenix, AZ and the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Bengaluru. In 2023, the government of India publicly acknowledged Joel for his efforts in the publication ‘Bharatasya Sangeet Vishwanubandh Yatra,’ writing “[Joel‘s] unwavering dedication and enthusiasm have paved the way for a deeper appreciation of this art form. [His] commitment to preserving and promoting Indian classical music inspires us all.”
