WyldFlowr Arts
809 37th St, Oakland, CA 94608
Doors 7pm, Show at 7:30pm
Starting his musical journey at age 10 in Bombay,
India, Anupam Shobhakar played guitar for rock
and metal bands. But as his curiosity deepened,
his focus shifted to the sarod, a 25-string fretless
instrument from North India. Studying under
Ustad Aashish Khan of the Maihar Gharana and
other master musicians in the complex Indian
classical tradition and performing in concerts
around the world eventually led Anupam to NYC,
which is now his home.
The move reignited his
interest in Western culture and fueled new The
music that came from this heady mix required a
new instrument, one that could encompass his
diverse influences, so a new instrument was born:
the custom double-neck guitar he named KaliMa. His creation
blends both fretted and fretless, allowing Anupam
to combine elements from the Indian sarod
repertoire as well as a thrilling new range of
musical ideas connecting East
and West. explorations into jazz and classical
music. Long associations with NYC jazz musicians
such as guitarist and composer Joel Harrison and
drummer Dan Weiss ensued, as Anupam explored the meeting ground of classical Indian music, the sarod, and jazz.
He was featured on the album The Middle of Everywhere by AGS records in 2024, along with some of the biggest
names in jazz guitar including Kurt Rosenwinkel and Nels Cline, among others. Following his historic 2023 solo
release Raga Jhinjhoti on Fretless Guitar, the first-ever recording of Indian classical music for electric fretless guitar.
Anupams' latest release titled "Liquid Reality" is out on AGS recordings featuring a host of leading names in the world of Jazz and Indian music.
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