11 Facts About Debashish Bhattacharya

Debashish Bhattacharya is an Indian classical musician, singer, composer and educator.

Debashish Bhattacharya is said to have introduced the first Slide Guitar Syllabus in the world.

Debashish Bhattacharya was born into a musical family in Kolkata, and his skill became apparent at a young age.

Debashish Bhattacharya first began strumming a guitar when he was 3 years old, when his father gave him a full-size Hawaiian lap steel guitar.

Debashish Bhattacharya made his debut at the age of 4, on All India Radio in Calcutta.

Debashish Bhattacharya invented his own slide guitars, unique to his compositions, which he calls the "Trinity of Guitars".

Debashish Bhattacharya opened a nonprofit School of Universal Music in Kolkata, where he estimates he has taught hundreds of students from all over the world the principal universal form of Indian Raga music and specialised guitar techniques.

Debashish Bhattacharya was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award in the category of Best Traditional World Music Album for Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey.

Debashish Bhattacharya recorded his first Global Fusion album in 2012, Beyond the Ragasphere, featuring John McLaughlin, Jerry Douglas, and his daughter Anandi Debashish Bhattacharya.

Debashish Bhattacharya released Slide Guitar Ragas From Dusk Till Dawn.

In 2021, Debashish Bhattacharya contributed to the Outlaw Ocean Music Project, in which musicians are invited to create works inspired by the book The Outlaw Ocean; his album is called Tormented Souls at Sea.