Lover's Call - Raag Kafi
About Lover's Call - Raag Kafi
Lover’s Call – Raag Kafi is a track from a 2016 collaborative album by sitarist Debashish Bhattacharya, saxophonist Anders Lønne Grønseth, guitarist Ken Wessel, and tabla player Subhashis Bhattacharya. The album released under the collective name of the four artists.
The track appears as the fifth composition on the record. It spans 11 minutes and 9 seconds and explores Raag Kafi, a melodic framework in Hindustani classical music. The piece blends traditional Indian classical elements with improvisational jazz and contemporary fusion.
The album emerged on Pling Music in CD format in 2016. The label specializes in cross-genre and world music releases. The recording session details, production personnel, and additional track-specific credits remain undocumented in available sources.
The collaboration marked a convergence of Hindustani classical instrumentation with Western jazz sensibilities. Debashish Bhattacharya contributed on modified slide guitars and sitar, while Subhashis Bhattacharya provided rhythmic accompaniment on tabla. Anders Lønne Grønseth and Ken Wessel expanded the texture with saxophone and electric guitar, respectively. The album’s broader thematic or conceptual focus is not explicitly stated in public records.
No commercial singles, music videos, or alternate versions of Lover’s Call – Raag Kafi were released. The track’s reception, chart performance, and live renditions lack verified documentation in mainstream music databases.