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SUMMARY:Ragas & Sagas: Joel Veena with Yousuf Kerai
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning artist of the 20-stringed Indian slide guitar pre
 sents an evening of North Indian classical ragas and original compositions
  accompanied on tabla by Yousuf Kerai. Musical pieces are framed with fasc
 inating tales from the lore of Hindustani music. Enjoy sipping a cup of ho
 memade chai while immersing yourself in the majesty and mystery of this ri
 ch musical tradition\, guided by two celebrated musicians.\n\nAll ages wel
 come\nTickets $15/advance (click here for tickets) and $20/door\n\n“The 
 late great George Harrison may have brought this musical spirit into the W
 estern mainstream\, but Veena takes Indian guitar right back to its roots\
 , sharing the cathartic charm of North Indian ragas with global ears.” A
  &amp\; R Factory\n\nSince 2007\, Joel 'Veena' Eisenkramer has been travel
 ing between his native Vermont\, USA and India to study and perform Hindus
 tani classical music on the 20-stringed Indian slide guitar. Today he is o
 ne of the leading exponent's of this instrument in the world: he is the on
 ly North American performer of the Indian slide guitar to have performed r
 egularly in India\; touring across the country to perform in venues big an
 d small.\n\nJoel's performances have been noted for their welcoming and ex
 planatory quality\; pieces are presented with their cultural and historica
 l context so as to open the door for new audiences unfamiliar with Indian 
 classical music. His original compositions\, often inspired by the ragas h
 e's studied\, have been praised for their use of classical theory and aest
 hetic while creating toe-tapping\, memorable melodies approachable by all.
  He has presented lecture-demonstrations at a number of schools and univer
 sities around the globe (including the California College of the Arts and 
 Delhi Public School Sonepat).\n\nYousuf Kerai is a tabla player and mathem
 atics teacher from Karachi\, Pakistan and was a disciple of the late Ustad
  Khursheed Hussain of Karachi. He has performed widely for the last 25 yea
 rs in both USA and Pakistan. In Pakistan\, Yousuf led an ensemble of maste
 r musicians by the name of Tarz Group\, releasing an album of instrumental
  music\, The Essence of South Asia\, with the ensemble in 2015. He later s
 erved as Associate Professor of Practice for music and mathematics at Habi
 b University in Karachi\, where he was also the Founding Director of the C
 enter for South Asian Music from 2018 to 2024.
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