Release Date: 05 February 2016
Label: Knife Edge Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0797776087594
Genres: Blues World Music
Description
The debut album by Michael Messer's Mitra and see the masterful guitarist and band blend a unique fusion of blues slide guitar, Hindustani classical slide guitar and tabla rhythms into something really special.
'Mitra' (pronounced 'meetra') is friends, the Hindu god of friendship and alliance.
Michael Messer's Mitra is a trio comprising British blues innovator and slide guitarist, Michael Messer, Hindustani slide guitar maestro from Mumbai India, Manish Pingle , and London-based tabla player, Gurdain Singh Rayatt.
This is more than another meeting of musicians from different cultures, this is a band with its own unique sound, an exhilarating and highly accessible fusion of blues and Hindustani classical music. With vocals, slide guitars and tabla, these three musicians from opposite sides of the globe create a fascinating musical journey, running from the banks of the Mississippi, via London, to Mumbai and the Ganges Delta.
Tracklisting
Michael Messer & Chaz Jankel
Michael Messer's Mitra
Toumani Diabate
Guts
Kuljit Bhamra & Becky Price
Lolita
Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers
Lux Musicae London
Various Artists
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt
