Soul Sangeet Flamenco Gypsy Raga

Soul Sangeet is a new musical term and genre with a Sanskrit twist. This intimate musical evening will feature:

Bart Stenhouse - Flamenco Guitar
Kenshin Okada - Sarangi (Indian Violin)
Shivam Rath - Crystal Slide (Indian Slide Guitar)

<<= DINNER; CHAI AND TREATS =>>
Some delicious offerings will be available from 6pm.... menu TBA!

The music will commence from 7pm...
Please bring a sitting cushion, blanket and anything else you need to make yourself cosy! **
planning to leave the kids at home for this one ;)

<<= DIRECTIONS =>>
From Wilsons Creek Road, turn left into Black Bean Road. After crossing the creek, the driveway is just a few meters on the left, look out for the red 27 signs.
The designated parking area is just inside the gate to the right, where a person will be waiting to direct you.

<<= SOUL SANGEET =>>
The concept is inspired by Indian Classical music but presented for a wider world. For the past few years Shivam Rath has been developing this world music culture with a particular passion for universal sound healing & ancient mantras. In all his travels across the world he feels that Indian Classical imbibes most of his preferred qualities with its vast spectrum of emotions, speeds and subtleties, and the deeply devotional and Vedic philosophy, plus its inherent nearness to nature within the mystical world of Raga and its mastery of Tala (Time/rhythm)

<<= OUR MUSICIANS =>>

BART STENHOUSE
Bart Stenhouse is an accomplished Australian guitarist and composer, well versed in Indian Classical and Flamenco styles. He creates stunning sound worlds that blend the rhythms, harmonies and sonic identities of different cultures into a unique and engaging musical fusion.

He is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium and has gone on to study with the best musical masters all over the world, including North Indian Classical Maestro Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya (who is a Indian slide guitar specialist), and has also studied flamenco guitar in Spain and North America.

Bart has the muscle to settle any score. Musically speaking, that is. Packing a powerful ability to balance raw edge with feel good grooves, Bart’s music brilliantly blends fiery flamenco with cool jazz and rollicking Indian rhythms to create a sound that leaves the listener energised and ready for more.

For a taste of Bart's musical talents, visit https://bartstenhouse.com/video

KENSHIN OKADA
Welcoming to Australia for the first time Kenshin Okada.
Kenshin Okada hails from from Okayama Japan and began Indian classical music with the ancient violin instrument "Sarangi" under Mr. Shivendra Mishra and Mr. Fiyaz Ali Khan at the holy city Benares in 2009. Since then he has visited India every year.

In 2014 he began studying under master of Moradabad Gharand (lineage), Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan and his son Murad Ali Khan in Delhi. Kenshin is not only involved in North Indian classical music, having also performed with many artists of different genres and a diverse career based on Electronic music.

SHIVAM RATH
Shivam Rath is a second generation Aussie Indian Musician following his fathers footsteps in both the world of Yoga and Indian classical music and since seriously taking up the path also from 2009 is sliding up to be Australia’s leading Slide Guitarist.

Born into a musical family he has been combining his knowledge and path of meditation into the classically trained field of Music, Mantra and raga. He is also writing and producing his own music and compositions, with many CDs bridging, reviving and blending the ancient arts and music into our modern world.

He has been trained under the world reclaimed Debashish Bhattacharia, one of the foremost exponents of the Indian Slide Guitar and of world music fusion.
See more info on Shivam at www.crystalslide.com

Aum & Prem
Santi ~ * ~